CVE-2024-3289 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00104.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus

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Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-31879	When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 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.

Fixes

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus 10.7.3 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal ( https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus ).

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-08

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2024-05-17T16:50:48.745Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.242Z

Reserved: 2024-04-03T21:03:11.124Z

Link: CVE-2024-3289

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.242Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-17T17:15:07.310

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:29:19.777

Link: CVE-2024-3289

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:31:13Z

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