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CVE-2021-20135

Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escal...

Medium CVSS 6.7

Overview

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).

CWE: N/A Published: 2021-11-03T00:15:07.620
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 6.7 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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