Description
Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus).
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2021-7592 | Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus). |
References
| Link | Providers |
|---|---|
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-18 |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.575Z
Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-20135
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-11-03T00:15:07.620
Modified: 2026-06-17T03:33:19.940
Link: CVE-2021-20135
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD