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CVE-2021-20117

Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118.

  • Published: Sep 9, 2021
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-20117
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.7
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
tenable / nessus_agent - 8.3.0.x