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CVE-2021-20135
Published: Nov 2, 2021
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
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).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | Nessus | affected Nessus 8.15.2 and earlier |
References
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-18
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