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Tenable Nessus Agent < 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2021-12)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
General
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 Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
These vulnerabilities exist: - CVE-2021-20099, CVE-2021-20100: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. A local attacker can exploit these to gain administrator privileges to the system.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Tenable Nessus Agent prior to version 8.2.5.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.2.5 or later.