Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:17901Privilege Escalation
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Nagios is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. An attacker who is able to control the Nagios logging configuration (the ‘nagios’ user/group), could use this flaw to elevate their privileges to root which leads to information modification.
References
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/58
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94919
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037487
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0211
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402869
github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/c29557dec91eba2306f5fb11b8da4474ba63f8c4
legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-9566.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-51
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40921/
www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
Related
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C