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CVE-2019-9166

Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and…

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.2%
percentile 69%
Public exploits
0
none known

Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.24% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

  • nagios.com /products/security/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nagios.com /downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/152496/Nagios-XI-5.5.10-XSS-Remote-Code-Execution.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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