CVE-2025-24915 — Incorrect Default Permissions in Nessus Agent

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Tenable Nessus Agent
Timeline
PublishedMar 21

Description

When installing Nessus Agent to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3 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.

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_agent< 10.8.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x7rr-8x5p-q75q: When installing Nessus Agent to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10↗2025-03-21
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CVEList
CVE-2025-24915: When installing Nessus Agent to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10↗2025-03-21
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