VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-20079

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references