Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 0.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.0
References
Products affected by CVE-2025-24916
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:5.9.1
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-