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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.118114
Category:General
Title:Tenable Nessus Agent < 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2021-12)
Summary:Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
These vulnerabilities exist:

- CVE-2021-20099, CVE-2021-20100: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. A local
attacker can exploit these to gain administrator privileges to the system.

Affected Software/OS:
Tenable Nessus Agent prior to version 8.2.5.

Solution:
Update to version 8.2.5 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-20099
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-12
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-20100
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