Vigil@nce - Nessus: privilege escalation via File Upload
April 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Nessus.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: privileged account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/04/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via File Upload of Nessus, in
order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Nessus-privilege-escalation-via-File-Upload-35011