When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Nessus (Tenable) Fixed in 10.7.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Tenable Nessus 10.7.3
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-03085 Race condition in Tenable NessusPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3289
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92vm-p8p9-g4x5
References
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Sources
- CVE-2024-3289 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-3289 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-92vm-p8p9-g4x5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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