CVE-2021-20106
Nessus Agent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 21, 2021, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 12, 2022, 5:42 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
0.6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-20106.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13 | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2021-20106 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 12, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 30, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13 No Types Assigned https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.2.5
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-20106 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-20106
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.10264
percentile