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CVE-2024-2390

Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Como parte del programa de divulgación de vulnerabilidades de Tenable, se identificó y reportó una vulnerabilidad en un complemento de Nessus. Esta vulnerabilidad podría permitir que un actor malintencionado con permisos suficientes en un objetivo de análisis coloque un binario en una ubicación específica del sistema de archivos y abuse del complemento afectado para aumentar los privilegios.

*Credits: Rich Sprigg (RythmStick)
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-03-11 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-03-18 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-21 CVE Updated
  • 2025-07-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
References (1)
URL Tag Source
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-05
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Tenable
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 Nessus
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*-
Affected
Tenable
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 Nessus Agent
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*-
Affected