CVE-2021-20106

Description

Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.3

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20106 are affected in Nessus Agent (x64) 8.2.5Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20106 are affected in Nessus Agent 8.2.5Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20106 are fixed in Nessus Agent (8.3.0.20052)Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-20106 are fixed in Nessus Agent (x64) (8.3.0.20052)Windows

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