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CVE-2016-8641

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Published: Aug 1, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios 4.2.x that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary files and insecurely changing the ownership afterwards. It's possible for the local attacker to create symbolic links before the files are to be created and possibly escalating the privileges with the ownership change.

Affected (4)

Products: Nagios: Nagios
Nagios
1 product
Nagios
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Nagios
Nagios
Version 4.2.0
Nagios
Version 4.2.1
Nagios
Version 4.2.2
Nagios
Version 4.2.3

Related CWEs

CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

References (10)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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