When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11779 When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:58:22.224Z

Reserved: 2017-12-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-1141

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-20T18:29:00.320

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:59:16.447

Link: CVE-2018-1141

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