CVE-2021-20106

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 8.5 HIGH

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

8.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13	Vendor 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

30 Jul 2021, 14:49

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 8.5 v3 : 6.5
References	~~(MISC) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13 -~~	(MISC) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13 - Vendor Advisory
CWE		CWE-269
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::

21 Jul 2021, 15:21

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-07-21 15:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-20106

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20106

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20106

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Products Affected

tenable

nessus

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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