CVE-2021-20079medium
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Description
Nessus versions 8.13.2 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.
References
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2021-06-29
Updated: 2021-07-02
Type: CWE-269
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 0.8
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 8.13.2 (inclusive)