CVE-2021-20077

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-732~~	NVD-CWE-noinfo

05 Jun 2022, 02:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		(MISC) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07 -~~	(CONFIRM) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~2.1~~ v3 : ~~4.4~~	v2 : 7.2 v3 : 6.7

Information

Published : 2021-03-19 19:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:23

NVD link : CVE-2021-20077

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20077

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20077

JSON object : View

Products Affected

tenable

nessus_agent

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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