Nessus Windows Auth Local Race Condition Enables Arbitrary Code Exec
CVE-2024-3290 Published on May 17, 2024
A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-3290 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. 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
What is a TOCTTOU Vulnerability?
The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. This weakness can be security-relevant when an attacker can influence the state of the resource between check and use. This can happen with shared resources such as files, memory, or even variables in multithreaded programs.
CVE-2024-3290 has been classified to as a TOCTTOU vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus:- Before 10.7.3 is affected.
- Version -, <= 10.7.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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