Local Priviledge Escalation (Tenable Nessus)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- tenable
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 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. - CVE-2025-24914
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | tenable |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · vulnreport@tenable.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-11906
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-24914
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0329 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Nessus · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Tenable · Nessus | affected 0 < 10.8.4 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |