{"resultsPerPage":1,"startIndex":0,"totalResults":1,"format":"NVD_CVE","version":"2.0","timestamp":"2026-04-17T16:24:00.359","vulnerabilities":[{"cve":{"id":"CVE-2021-20117","sourceIdentifier":"vulnreport@tenable.com","published":"2021-09-09T12:15:07.570","lastModified":"2024-11-21T05:45:57.297","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118."},{"lang":"es","value":"Se ha encontrado que Nessus Agent versiones 8.3.0 y anteriores, contienen una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios local que podría permitir a un administrador local autenticado ejecutar determinados ejecutables en el host de Nessus Agent. Esto es diferente de CVE-2021-20118"}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":6.7,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":0.8,"impactScore":5.9}],"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":7.2,"accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":10.0,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"NVD-CWE-noinfo"}]}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndIncluding":"8.3.0","matchCriteriaId":"61F56C1F-003B-42E5-B3D1-7350A7C2CA57"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15","source":"vulnreport@tenable.com","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"]}]}}]}