CVE-2021-20100

Description

Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier for Windows were found to contain multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. This is different than CVE-2021-20099.

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
0.063

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20099,CVE-2021-20100 are affected in Nessus Agent (x64) 8.2.4Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20099,CVE-2021-20100 are affected in Nessus Agent 8.2.4Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20099,CVE-2021-20100 are fixed in Nessus Agent (8.2.5.20051)Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20099,CVE-2021-20100 are fixed in Nessus Agent (x64) (8.2.5.20051)Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-20843,CVE-2019-15903,CVE-2019-16168,CVE-2021-20099,CVE-2021-20100 are fixed in Nessus 8.15.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-20843,CVE-2019-15903,CVE-2019-16168,CVE-2021-20099,CVE-2021-20100 are fixed in Tenable Nessus 8.15.0Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-343100Nessus Agent (x64) (10.8.0)
PATCH-343099Nessus Agent (10.8.0)
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