CVE-2025-36630

In Tenable Nessus versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM privilege.

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-13	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Oct 2025, 19:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Tenable Microsoft windows Tenable nessus Microsoft
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
References	~~() https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-13 -~~	() https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-13 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

03 Jul 2025, 15:14

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-02 00:15

Updated : 2025-10-15 19:52

NVD link : CVE-2025-36630

Mitre link : CVE-2025-36630

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-36630

JSON object : View

Products Affected

tenable

nessus

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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