CVE-2021-20079
MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 29, 2021 at 06:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNessus
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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 8.13.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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