PT-2021-13792 · Tenable · Nessus

Published 2021-11-02 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-20135

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier

Description: A local privilege escalation issue was found in Nessus, which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host.

Recommendations: For Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier, update to Nessus 10.0.0 to resolve the issue. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-20135

Affected Products

Nessus

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-20135 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2021-18 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20135 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/31698 · Telegram Post