CVE-2025-24914

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Tenable Nessus
Timeline
PublishedApr 18

Description

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

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages1 packages

▶CVEListV5tenable/nessus< 10.8.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cjfc-vqf6-fvgw: When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10↗2025-04-18
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CVEList
Local Priviledge Escalation↗2025-04-18
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CVE-2025-24914 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | When installing Nessus to a non-def | cvebase.io