CVE-2025-24914CWE-276

Local Priviledge Escalation

High · published April 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location. - CVE-2025-24914

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00153 · 4.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2025-04-18T18:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 APR 18:18Z
    Local Priviledge Escalation
    cvelistv5