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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1141

CVE-2018-1141

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • Tenable/Nessus3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.0.3
    • (no CPE)range: <7.0.3
    • (no CPE)range: All versions prior to 7.0.3

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