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Unscored CVE-2021-20135 EUVD-2021-7592GHSA-8pfq-m65h-x2qr

Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, loc…

Published Nov 2, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by tenable

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).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Nessus Nessus 8.15.2 and earlier —

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