Tenable Nessus Agent/Nessus prior #202403142053 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Tenable Nessus Agent and Nessus. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-2390. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenable Nessus Agent and Nessus and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published by Rich Sprigg. The advisory is shared for download at tenable.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-2390 since 03/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version #202403142053 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nessus Agent/Nessus #202403142053

Timelineinfo

03/11/2024 🔍
03/18/2024 +7 days 🔍
03/18/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2025 +392 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Researcher: Rich Sprigg
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2390 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2390
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-257180
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20091204

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2024 17:09
Updated: 04/14/2025 12:49
Changes: 03/18/2024 17:09 (63), 05/01/2024 18:19 (1), 04/14/2025 12:49 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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