CVE-2021-20106

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published7/21/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

tenable:nessus

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13(vulnreport@tenable.com)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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