CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-20117.md

### [CVE-2021-20117](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20117)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Nessus%20Agent&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Local%20Privilege%20Escalation&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/p1ay8y3ar/cve_monitor