Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 29, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-20079
CVE-2021-20079
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.
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Affected products
2- Nessus/Nessusdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07mitrex_refsource_MISC
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