Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2021-20079 First vendor Publication 2021-06-29
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2022-07-12

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 6.7
Base Score 6.7 Environmental Score 6.7
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 6.7
Exploitabality Sub Score 0.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Nessus versions 8.13.2 and earlier were found to contain 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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20079

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 98

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
MISC https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07

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Date Informations
2023-02-08 02:01:10
  • Multiple Updates
2022-07-13 17:27:43
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2021-07-03 00:22:49
  • Multiple Updates
2021-06-30 00:22:45
  • First insertion