CVE-2021-20099

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-2021-20100.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-12	Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-12	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-12 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-12 - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-06-28 11:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:45

NVD link : CVE-2021-20099

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20099

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20099

JSON object : View

Products Affected

tenable

nessus

microsoft

windows

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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