CVE-2024-2390

Local Privilege Escalation

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 18, 2024 at 03:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsNessusNessus Agent

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported. This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < #202403142053
Affected range stops below #202403142053, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < #202403142053
Affected range stops below #202403142053, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHtenable
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-269

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