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CVE-2025-24916: Improper Access Control leads to Local Priviledge 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: 2025-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
When installing Tenable Network Monitor to a non-default location on a Windows host, Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 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.
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus Network Monitor: before 6.5.1 — fixed in 6.5.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Tenable Nessus Network Monitor 6.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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