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CVE-2024-2390: Local Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported. This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: before #202403142053 — fixed in #202403142053
• Tenable Agent: before #202403142053 — fixed in #202403142053

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Tenable Nessus #202403142053; Tenable Agent #202403142053. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-05
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-05

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