In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could arbitrarily delete local system files with SYSTEM privilege, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-18279 In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could arbitrarily delete local system files with SYSTEM privilege, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.
Fixes

Solution

Tenable has released Agent 10.8.5 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.

History

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Tenable
Tenable nessus Agent
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Tenable
Tenable nessus Agent

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 9e-05}

epss

{'score': 0.0001}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could arbitrarily delete local system files with SYSTEM privilege, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.
Title Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-14T03:56:11.760Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T21:50:46.277Z

Link: CVE-2025-36633

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-13T14:44:48.246Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-13T15:15:20.183

Modified: 2025-10-23T16:00:44.390

Link: CVE-2025-36633

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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