Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Nessus Agent - CVE-2021-20100
Published: June 30, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54453
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20100
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Nessus Agent
Tenable Nessus
Tenable Nessus
How to mitigate CVE-2021-20100
Install updates from vendor's website.
Nessus Agent - update to 8.2.5
Tenable Nessus - update to 8.15.0
Tenable Nessus - update to 8.15.0