CVE-2025-24916 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 when installed to a non-default location on Windows hosts. The vulnerability stems from insecure permissions on sub-directories, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.