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CVE-2018-1141
HIGH · CVSS 7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-20T18:29:00.320 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:50:34.437

Summary

When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location.

Affected products

tenable — nessus

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References

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