### [CVE-2018-1141](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1141)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.