CVE-2025-24917 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 on Windows hosts. A low-privileged user can exploit this by staging files to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Rated 7.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| 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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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