PT-2021-13792
CVE-2021-20135
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Published
2021-11-02
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Updated
2022-07-12
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier
Description:
A local privilege escalation issue was found in Nessus, which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host.
Recommendations:
For Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier, update to Nessus 10.0.0 to resolve the issue. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal.
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