CVE-2025-24914 (GCVE-0-2025-24914)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-18 18:18 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:28
VLAI
Title
Local Priviledge Escalation
Summary
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
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 2025-04-22 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
tenable CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 71/100 over 51 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Tenable Nessus Affected: 0 , < 10.8.4 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-04-17 19:00
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