CVE-2021-20077
Published Mar 19, 2021
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.
- Source
- vulnreport@tenable.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.7
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 0.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1F349161-FB60-4003-B328-6FD49D226195",
"versionEndExcluding": "8.2.3",
"versionStartIncluding": "7.2.0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]