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Tenable Nessus <= 8.13.2 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (TNS-2021-07)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
2.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
Tenable Nessus is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
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 Software
Affected Software
Tenable Nessus up to and including version 8.13.2.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.14.0 or later.