CVE-2024-3292 Race Condition
A local authenticated attacker can exploit a race condition during Nessus Agent installation to execute arbitrary code on the host.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-3292?
CVE-2024-3292 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, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus Agent host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host. - CVE-2024-3292
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3292?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3292?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-3292 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3292 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xrfx-97x9-43cq.