CVE-2021-20117
published 2021-09-09CVE-2021-20117: Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run…
PriorityP426medium6.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.29%
21.0th percentile
Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| tenable | nessus_agent | <= 8.3.0 | — |
| tenable | nessus_agent | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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GHSA
GHSA-x9cp-v5c2-p9c5: Nessus Agent 8
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2021-20117 [MEDIUM] CWE-269 GHSA-x9cp-v5c2-p9c5: Nessus Agent 8
Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118.
GHSA
GHSA-qq9w-j88c-j3ff: Nessus Agent 8
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2021-20118 [MEDIUM] CWE-269 GHSA-qq9w-j88c-j3ff: Nessus Agent 8
Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20117.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2021-09-09
Published