What is CVE-2021-20100?

CVE-2021-20100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-20100?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2021-20100

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-2021-20099.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Tenable Nessus
N/a Nessus Agent — versions Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20100?: CVE-2021-20100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-20100?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.