High severity · published Dec 15, 2016
CVE-2016-9566
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file
7.8
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Nagios · Nagios
through 4.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9566
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9566
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
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
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