CVE-2021-20135 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-20135 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 02/11/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: tenable | Vendor: n/a | Product: Nessus
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-20135 Description

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).

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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    Integrity Impact (I)*
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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: local privilege escalation
Source: n/a

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).