Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118.
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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| tenable | nessus_agent | 8.3.0 | - |
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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tenable / nessus_agent
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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