CVE-2018-1141
N/A
Published: March 20, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNessus
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 7.0.3
Affected range stops below 7.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040557x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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