High severity · published Mar 18, 2024
CVE-2024-2390
Local Privilege Escalation
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
before #202403142053 · source: vendor, CISA
NA
Nessus Agent · Tenable
before #202403142053 · source: vendor, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2390
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2390
www.tenable.com
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-05
More from Nessus
9.8
CVE-2022-23852
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES
9.8
CVE-2022-22822
addBinding in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow
9.8
CVE-2022-22823
build_model in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow
9.8
CVE-2022-22824
defineAttribute in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow
8.8
CVE-2023-2005
Tenable Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixes Privilege Escalation Vulnerability