CVE-2025-24916 json
Improper Access Control leads to Local Priviledge Escalation
published 2025-05-23 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16336
- cvss
- 7.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Tenable Network Monitor 6.5.1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Tenable Network Monitor
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
References
-
tenable.com
/security/tns-2025-10
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-24916
- NVD CVE-2025-24916
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