Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Nessus Agent Versions 8.2.5 and Earlier

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Nessus Agent Versions 8.2.5 and Earlier

CVE-2021-20106 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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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