High severity · published Nov 13, 2020
CVE-2020-5796
Improper preservation of permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.4 allows a local, low-privileged, authenticated user to weaken the permissions of files, resulting in low-privileged users…
7.8
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper preservation of permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.4 allows a local, low-privileged, authenticated user to weaken the permissions of files, resulting in low-privileged users being able to write to and execute arbitrary PHP code with root privileges.
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)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nagios XI · Nagios
5.7.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5796
Exploit
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-61
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