CVE-2018-1141

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.0
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.037

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1141 are affected in Nessus Agent (x64) 7.0.2Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1141 are affected in Nessus Agent 7.0.2Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1141 are fixed in Nessus 7.0.3Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1141 are fixed in Tenable Nessus 7.0.3Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-343100Nessus Agent (x64) (10.8.0)
PATCH-343099Nessus Agent (10.8.0)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234