CVE-2018-1141

7.0 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.0) in tenable nessus. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.0 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 14% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2018-03-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040557
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040557
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01

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