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CVE-2021-20077

MEDIUM

6.7

Description

Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.7

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published3/19/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

tenable:nessus_agent

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0(vulnreport@tenable.com)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0(vulnreport@tenable.com)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07(vulnreport@tenable.com)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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