CVE-2021-20079

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Tenable Nessus
Timeline
PublishedJun 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Nessus versions 8.13.2 and earlier were found to contain a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file that could lead to gaining administrator privileges on the Nessus host.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDtenable/nessus8.13.2
▶CVEListV5nessusNessus 8.13.2 and earlier

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2fhr-9w58-p9x4: Nessus versions 8↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-20079: Nessus versions 8↗2021-06-29
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CVE-2021-20079 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.7) | Nessus versions 8.13.2 and earlier | cvebase.io