Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 28, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-20100
CVE-2021-20100
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-2021-20099.
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Affected products
3- Nessus/Nessus Agentdescription
- Range: <=8.2.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-12nvdVendor Advisory
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