8.2 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
17.0%
Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:tenable:nessus_agent";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.126778");
script_version("2024-05-23T05:05:28+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-05-23 05:05:28 +0000 (Thu, 23 May 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-05-21 08:46:50 +0000 (Tue, 21 May 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-08-04 17:25:43 +0000 (Fri, 04 Aug 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-3291", "CVE-2023-3292");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Tenable Nessus Agent Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2024-09)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_tenable_nessus_agent_detect_smb.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("tenable/nessus_agent/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:
- CVE-2024-3291: When installing Nessus Agent to a directory outside of the default location on a
Windows host, Nessus 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.
- CVE-2024-3292: 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.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Tenable Nessus Agent prior to version 10.6.4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 10.6.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2024-09");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"10.6.4" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"10.6.4", install_path:location );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
8.2 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
17.0%