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CVE-2021-20099

nvd nist
Published: Jun 28, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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-2021-20100.

Affected (1)

Products: Tenable: Nessus
1 product
Nessus
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Up to 8.2.4
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Microsoft
Windows
All versions

References (2)

Source: vulnreport@tenable.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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