CVE-2024-3292 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus Agent host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host. - CVE-2024-3292

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 0.00043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus Agent

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Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus Agent

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-31882	A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus Agent host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host. - CVE-2024-3292

Fixes

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus Agent 10.6.4 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal ( https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents ).

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-09

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2024-05-17T17:17:14.470Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.226Z

Reserved: 2024-04-03T21:25:02.108Z

Link: CVE-2024-3292

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.226Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-17T18:15:07.450

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:29:20.140

Link: CVE-2024-3292

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:31:27Z

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