7.0high
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 fo…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 14%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
References
- tenable.com /security/tns-2018-01 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1040557 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-1141
- NVD: CVE-2018-1141
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