CVE-2025-24915: 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…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

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EPSS

0.18%

7.2th percentile

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
tenable	nessus_agent	< 10.8.3	10.8.3

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