PT-2017-14584 · Unknown · Pnp4Nagios

Published 2017-11-16 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-16834

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PNP4Nagios versions prior to 0.6.27

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to an unprivileged account, as /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg are owned by this account but are used for root code execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.6.27, update to version 0.6.27 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16834

Affected Products

Pnp4Nagios

References · 4

• https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16834 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09 · Vendor Advisory