CVE-2024-2390

Summary

CVE-2024-2390 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting a Nessus plugin. This issue allows a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and potentially abuse the plugin for privilege escalation. Tenable, the provider of Nessus, has reported this vulnerability through their vulnerability disclosure program. The exact implications and exploitability of this vulnerability are still being assessed. Users are encouraged to update their Nessus plugins to mitigate the risk.

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