CVE-2024-3289 (GCVE-0-2024-3289)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-17 16:50
Modified
2024-08-01 20:05
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-281 - Improper Preservation of Permissions
Summary
When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Tenable Nessus Version: 0   < 10.7.3
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