CVE-2025-24914 – Nessus Windows Unsecured Directory Permissions Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-24914 vulnerability over time.

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of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 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. – CVE-2025-24914
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-276
    Added Reference https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-05
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