CVE-2018-1141

HIGH

Nessus <7.0.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040557

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 10.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
tenable/nessus < 7.0.3
Published Mar 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026