Tenable Nessus up to 10.7.2 on Windows permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Tenable Nessus up to 10.7.2 on Windows. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in permissions. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-3289. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Tenable Nessus up to 10.7.2 on Windows. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permissions vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-281. The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 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.

The advisory is shared for download at tenable.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-3289 since 04/03/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 10.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector (Tenable Network Security, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permissions
CWE: CWE-281 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nessus 10.7.3

Timelineinfo

04/03/2024 🔍
05/17/2024 +44 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-3289 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-3289
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-265044
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20091204

Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2024 23:25
Changes: 05/17/2024 23:25 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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