CVE-2021-20077

Description

Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.7
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.042

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23840,CVE-2021-23841,CVE-2021-20077 are fixed in Nessus Agent (8.2.3.20045)Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23840,CVE-2021-23841,CVE-2021-20077 are fixed in Nessus Agent (x64) (8.2.3.20045)Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-337447Nessus Agent (10.6.1)
PATCH-337448Nessus Agent (x64) (10.6.1)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234