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CVE-2021-20117 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15 [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
tenable nessus agent
<= 8.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-20117
NVD Published Date:
Sep 9, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-20117 Details - Not Deferred