CVE-2021-20135

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Tenable Nessus
Timeline
PublishedNov 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus).

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/nessus8.15.2
▶CVEListV5nessusNessus 8.15.2 and earlier

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8pfq-m65h-x2qr: Nessus versions 8↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-20135: Nessus versions 8↗2021-11-02
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CVE-2021-20135 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.7) | Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier | cvebase.io