Description
Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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.
Published: 2021-07-21
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7563 Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.478Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20106

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-21T15:15:13.787

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:45:56.030

Link: CVE-2021-20106

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