VDB-265046 · CVE-2024-3292 · GCVE-0-2024-3292

Tenable Nessus Agent up to 10.6.3 on Windows Installation toctou

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Tenable Nessus Agent up to 10.6.3 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Installation Handler. Such manipulation leads to toctou. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-3292. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenable Nessus Agent up to 10.6.3 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Installation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a toctou vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-367. The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus Agent host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host. - CVE-2024-3292

The advisory is available at tenable.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-3292 since 04/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 10.6.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Security Testing Software

Vendor

Tenable

Name

Nessus Agent

Version

License

free

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.2
CNA Vector (Tenable Network Security, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Toctou
CWE: CWE-367 / CWE-362
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Nessus Agent 10.6.4

Timelineinfo

04/03/2024 🔍
05/17/2024 +44 days 🔍
05/17/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/17/2024 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-3292 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-3292
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-265046
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20091204

Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2024 23:26
Changes: 05/17/2024 23:26 (65)
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