CVE-2024-3291 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4 on Windows hosts. When installed to a non-default directory, the agent failed to enforce secure permissions for sub-directories, potentially allowing an attacker to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is currently no public exploit code available, and the vulnerability has not seen significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, < 10.6.4CPE 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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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.