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Tenable Nessus < 8.15.0 on Windows: Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2021-11)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Tenable Nessus is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist, which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. Additionally, two third-party components (expat, sqlite) were found to contain vulnerabilities.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Tenable Nessus on Windows prior to version 8.15.0.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.15.0 or later. Note: Version 8.15.0 includes fixed versions of expat (2.2.10) and sqlite (3.34.1).