Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus).
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-18 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-18 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 05:45
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-18 - Vendor Advisory |
12 Jul 2022, 17:42
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo |
05 Nov 2021, 16:31
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CWE | CWE-269 | |
| References | (MISC) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-18 - Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 4.6
v3 : 6.7 |
03 Nov 2021, 00:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2021-11-03 00:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 05:45
NVD link : CVE-2021-20135
Mitre link : CVE-2021-20135
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20135
JSON object : View
Products Affected
tenable
- nessus
CWE
