CVE-2024-3291
Estado: AplazadaAlta (7.8)—
When installing Nessus Agent to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 6
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-281
Referencias
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
{
"id": "CVE-2024-3291",
"cveTags": [],
"metrics": {
"ssvcV203": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"ssvcData": {
"id": "CVE-2024-3291",
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"options": [
{
"exploitation": "none"
},
{
"automatable": "no"
},
{
"technicalImpact": "total"
}
],
"version": "2.0.3",
"timestamp": "2024-05-18T16:13:59.964924Z"
}
}
],
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"type": "Secondary",
"source": "vulnreport@tenable.com",
"cvssData": {
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"version": "3.1",
"baseScore": 7.8,
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"
},
"impactScore": 5.9,
"exploitabilityScore": 1.8
}
]
},
"affected": [
{
"source": "vulnreport@tenable.com",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "Tenable",
"product": "Nessus Agent",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "10.6.4",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"platforms": [
"Windows"
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]
},
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"affectedData": [
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor": "tenable",
"product": "nessus_agent",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "10.6.4",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unknown"
}
]
}
],
"published": "2024-05-17T17:15:07.740",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-09",
"source": "vulnreport@tenable.com"
},
{
"url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-09",
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"
}
],
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
"weaknesses": [
{
"type": "Secondary",
"source": "vulnreport@tenable.com",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-281"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "When installing Nessus Agent to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": " Al instalar Nessus Agent en un directorio fuera de la ubicación predeterminada en un host de Windows, las versiones de Nessus Agent anteriores a la 10.6.4 no aplicaban permisos seguros para los subdirectorios. Esto podría permitir una escalada de privilegios locales si los usuarios no hubieran protegido los directorios en la ubicación de instalación no predeterminada."
}
],
"lastModified": "2026-06-17T07:43:43.733",
"sourceIdentifier": "vulnreport@tenable.com"
}