CVE-2024-2390
Local Privilege Escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Mar 18, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 21, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 11, 2024
Description
As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported. This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | tenable |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Nessus AgentTenable |
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NessusTenable |
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