PT-2025-12421 · Tenable · Nessus Agent

Will Dormann · Published 2025-03-21 · Updated 2025-03-23 · CVE-2025-24915

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3

Description The issue arises when Nessus Agent is installed to a non-default location on a Windows host. In such cases, Nessus Agent did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories, which could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location.

Recommendations For Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3, update to version 10.8.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider manually securing the directories in the non-default installation location to prevent local privilege escalation.

Fix

LPE

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-24915

Affected Products

Nessus Agent

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24915 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19617 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/20826 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1903162831320564129 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1903786434890518986 · Twitter Post
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2025-02 · Note