CVE-2025-24916
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.
Published:May 23, 2025
Last Modified:Feb 26, 2026
EPS:May 23, 2025
EPSS Score:0.00011
CVSS Score:7
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
Microsoft
Windows
Vendor
Tenable
Product
Nessus Network Monitor
Tenable
Nessus Network Monitor
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
