CVE-2024-3291 Privilege Escalation
Local attackers can escalate privileges if Nessus Agent is installed in a non-default directory with insecure permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-3291?
CVE-2024-3291 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When installing Nessus Agent to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4 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.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3291?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3291?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3291 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-3291 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3291 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j2m8-8r6c-36x2.