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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
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 9, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00043
    CVSS Score:6.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Tenable
    Product
    Nessus Agent

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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