CVE-2024-2390 (GCVE-0-2024-2390)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-18 15:37 – Updated: 2024-08-21 14:42
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Tenable Nessus Agent Affected: 0 , < #202403142053 (custom)
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Credits
Rich Sprigg (RythmStick)
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