CVE-2025-24915 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3 on Windows hosts. This flaw occurs when the agent is installed to a non-default location, as it fails to enforce secure permissions for sub-directories, potentially allowing an attacker to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, < 10.8.3CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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