CVE-2024-3291 HIGH

CVE-2024-3291: Privilege Escalation

Vendor Tenable
Product Nessus Agent
Weakness CWE-281
Published May 17, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When installing Nessus Agent to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 17, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated