CVE-2024-2390

Local Privilege Escalation

Published Mar 18, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description

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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Tenable has released updates to plugins to resolve the issue. The updates have been distributed via the Tenable plugin feed in feed serial numbers equal to or greater than #202403142053.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-27342 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
tenable
Published
Updated
Aug 21, 2024, 2:42 PM
Reserved
Mar 11, 2024, 10:31 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Mar 18, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:24 AM