Critical severity · published May 24, 2021
CVE-2020-28910
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in…
9.8
CVSS
5.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)5.1% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nagios XI · Nagios
through 5.7.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28910
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28910
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html
Exploit
https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/
Release Notes
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
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