High severity · published May 23, 2025
CVE-2025-24916
Improper Access Control leads to Local Priviledge Escalation
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When installing Tenable Network Monitor to a non-default location on a Windows host, Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 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 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 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NM
Network Monitor · Tenable
before 6.5.1 · source: vendor
NN
Nessus Network Monitor · Tenable
before 6.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24916
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24916
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-10
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CVE-2025-24917
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