CVE-2024-2390

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Tenable NessusTenable Nessus Agent
Timeline
PublishedMar 18

Description

As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported. This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5tenable/nessus< #202403142053
▶CVEListV5tenable/nessus_agent< #202403142053

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-22qf-62f9-pj62: As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported↗2024-03-18
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CVEList
Local Privilege Escalation↗2024-03-18
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CVE-2024-2390 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | As a part of Tenable’s vulnerabilit | cvebase.io