- Description
- Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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.
- Source
- vulnreport@tenable.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 0.6
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.5
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 6.8
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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