# CVE-2014-2848: Race condition in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit a race condition in the Nessus malware scan plugin to replace an executable and gain elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2m9m-v6qr-2p82

## What is CVE-2014-2848?

CVE-2014-2848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 11 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A race condition in the wmi_malware_scan.nbin plugin before 201402262215 for Nessus 5.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the dissolvable agent executable in the Windows temp directory with a Trojan horse program.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2848?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tenable Nessus, Tenable Plugin-Set.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-2848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-2848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus

- [CVE-2022-4313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4313/): Command injection in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc and Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0524/): Privilege escalation in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0101](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0101/): Privilege escalation in Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-32973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32973/): Privilege escalation in Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-36630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36630/): Local Privilege Escalation (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-2848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 11 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Tenable Nessus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-2848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.