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CVE-2025-24915 (GCVE-0-2025-24915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-21 14:13 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:09
VLAI
Summary
When installing Nessus Agent to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3 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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-22 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Tenable Nessus Agent Affected: 0 , < 10.8.3 (semver)
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Credits
Will Dormann
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