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CVE-2024-2390

As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.19%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.19% probability · 9th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-269
Source: vulnreport@tenable.com

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-05
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-05

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.