title: Local Privilege Escalation
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.
problem types: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
affected:
{
defaultStatus: affected
modules: Nessus Feed
product: Nessus Agent
vendor: Tenable
versions:
lessThan: #202403142053, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: custom
}
{
defaultStatus: affected
modules: Nessus Feed
product: Nessus
vendor: Tenable
versions:
lessThan: #202403142053, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
solutions:
Tenable has released updates to plugins to resolve the issue. The updates have been distributed via the Tenable plugin feed in feed serial numbers equal to or greater than #202403142053.