CVE-2021-20099

Medium

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-2021-20100.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductTenable Nessus
PublishedJun 28, 2021
First seenJun 28, 2021

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tenable nessusv ≤ 8.2.4—

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