CVE-2018-1141

When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.0 High

Status

Modified - vulnreport@tenable.com

Published

2018-03-20

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected products

• Nessus (Tenable)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040557
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01