Critical severity · published Dec 15, 2016
CVE-2016-9565
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the…
9.8
CVSS
22.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)22.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Nagios · Nagios
through 4.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9565
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9565
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
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