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Tenable Nessus Agent < 8.3.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (TNS-2021-13)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Privilege escalation
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/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 a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The product contains 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 Agent prior to version 8.3.0.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.3.0 or later.