CVE-2025-24914
Local Priviledge Escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Apr 18, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 28, 2025
Description
When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location. - CVE-2025-24914
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | tenable |
Weaknesses
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
NessusTenable |
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References
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