CVE-2025-24916 | THREATINT

Description

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 Reserved 2025-01-28 | Published 2025-05-23 | Updated 2026-02-26 | Assigner tenable

HIGH: 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Product status

Default status

affected

Any version before 6.5.1

affected

Credits

Will Dormann finder

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-10

cve.org (CVE-2025-24916)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-24916)

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