CVE Vulnerability

CVE-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 specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118.

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-2021-15 Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2021-09-09 12:15

Updated : 2022-07-12 05:42

NVD link : CVE-2021-20117

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20117

Products Affected

Nessus Agent

Tenable

CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo