Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-20106

Title: Privilege Escalation in Nessus Agent

Privilege Escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-20106.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jul 21, 2021

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-20106: Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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.

Impacted Vendors

tenable 1

nessus 1

Reference Links

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-20106 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 21, 2021 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.