Vulnerability · Published Jun 29, 2021 · Assigned by tenable
CVE-2021-20079
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Nessus. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Nessus versions 8.13.2 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07 x_refsource_MISC