High severity · published Mar 28, 2019
CVE-2019-9166
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php
7.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nagios XI · Nagios
before 5.5.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9166
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9166
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152496/Nagios-XI-5.5.10-XSS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Product
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/products/security/
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