CVE-2021-20079

Nessus versions 8.13.2 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.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-269~~	NVD-CWE-noinfo

02 Jul 2021, 19:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-269
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 7.2 v3 : 6.7
References	~~(MISC) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07 -~~	(MISC) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07 - Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::

29 Jun 2021, 19:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-06-29 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-20079

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20079

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20079

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Products Affected

tenable

nessus

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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