LPE in Nessus Agent <10.8.3 on Windows via insecure non-default install
CVE-2025-24915 Published on March 21, 2025
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-24915 can be exploited with local system access, and requires 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
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus Agent:- Before 10.8.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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