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CVE-2018-1141

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CVE-2018-1141

Published: Mar 20, 2018

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Tenable

Nessus

affected
All versions prior to 7.0.3

References

1040557
vdb-entry
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