CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-24916

7.8 HIGH Published 2025-05-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-05-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

When installing Tenable Network Monitor to a non-default location on a Windows host, Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 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.

Affected configurations

• tenable nessus network monitor (< 6.5.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References