High severity · published May 17, 2024
CVE-2024-3292
Race Condition
8.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus Agent host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host. - CVE-2024-3292
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Nessus Agent · Tenable
before 10.6.4 · source: vendor, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3292
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3292
www.tenable.com
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-09
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