PT-2018-5043 · Nagios+2 · Nagios+2

Vincent Malguy · Published 2018-08-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-8641

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 nagios version 4.2.x

Description A privilege escalation issue was found in the daemon-init.in component when creating necessary files and changing ownership. This allows a local attacker to create symbolic links before file creation, potentially escalating privileges with the ownership change.

Recommendations For nagios version 4.2.x, consider restricting access to the daemon-init.in component until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the daemon-init.in functionality that involves creating files and changing ownership to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1161

ALT-PU-2021-1193

ALT-PU-2021-1194

CVE-2016-8641

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3258-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11073-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3240-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3620-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Nagios

References · 50

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40774 · Exploit
• https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/f2ed227673d3b2da643eb5cad26b2d87674f28c1.patch · Patch
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2021-1194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8641 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03479 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3240-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12847 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9566 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8641 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8641 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2021-1161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11073-1 · Vendor Advisory