High severity · published Nov 24, 2017
CVE-2017-16933
etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging…
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IC
Icinga · Icinga
2.0.0 through 2.8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16933
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16933
Exploit
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/issues/5793
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