High severity · published Jun 13, 2025
CVE-2025-36631
In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM privilege.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Nessus Agent · Tenable
before 10.8.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36631
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36631
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-11
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