High severity · published Oct 20, 2020
CVE-2020-5791
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute operating system commands with the…
7.2
CVSS
78.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute operating system commands with the privileges of the apache user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)78.6% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nagios XI · Nagios
5.6.0 through 5.7.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5791
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5791
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159743/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Command-Injection.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162235/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Exploit
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-58
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