CVE-2014-2848

medium
Published 2014-04-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

A race condition in the wmi_malware_scan.nbin plugin before 201402262215 for Nessus 5.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the dissolvable agent executable in the Windows temp directory with a Trojan horse program.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://discussions.nessus.org/thread/7195

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/57403

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
tenablenessus5.2.1
tenableplugin-set{"endIncluding":"201402092115"}

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.