Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Tenable Nessus - CVE-2025-36630
Published: July 1, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112071
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-36630
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Tenable Network Security
Affected software:
Tenable Nessus
Tenable Nessus
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A local low privileged user on a Windows host can overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content with SYSTEM privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-36630
Install updates from vendor's website.