CVE-2025-36633

HIGH

Tenable Nessus Agent < 10.8.5 - Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Deletion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could arbitrarily delete local system files with SYSTEM privilege, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 10.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
tenable/nessus_agent < 10.8.5
Published Jun 13, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026