Priv Esc via Nessus Plugin CVE-2024-2390
CVE-2024-2390 Published on March 18, 2024
As a part of Tenables 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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-2390 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-2390
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus Agent:- Before #202403142053 is affected.
- Before #202403142053 is affected.
- Before #202403142053 is affected.
- Before #202403142053 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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