PT-2021-13757 · Nessus+1 · Nessus

Published 2021-06-29 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-20079

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Nessus versions 8.13.2 and earlier

Description: A privilege escalation issue was discovered, allowing a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file, potentially gaining administrator privileges on the Nessus host.

Recommendations: For Nessus versions 8.13.2 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-20079

Affected Products

Nessus

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-20079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20079 · Security Note
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07 · Note