CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-20077

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

6.7 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07 Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0 Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-03-19 07:15

Updated : 2022-10-28 02:28

NVD link : CVE-2021-20077

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20077

Products Affected

Nessus Agent

Tenable

CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo