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7.0high

CVE-2017-16933

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local us…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 23%
Public exploits
0
none known

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

  • github.com /Icinga/icinga2/issues/5793 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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