CVE-2024-3290 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2024-05-17

Score: 8.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Tenable

Nessus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 10.7.3

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Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Tenable	Nessus	—	—

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Remediation

Vendor 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 ).

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-31880	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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00086.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Tenable Nessus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2024-05-17T16:54:55.570Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.393Z

Reserved: 2024-04-03T21:12:37.768Z

Link: CVE-2024-3290

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.393Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-17T17:15:07.537

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-3290

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:45:23Z

Weaknesses

CWE-367

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