CVE-2021-20117
MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 9, 2021 at 11:26 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNessus Agent
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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 8.3.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15CVSS
- 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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