PT-2020-18713 · Nagios · Nagios Xi

Chris Lyne · Published 2020-10-20 · Updated 2022-04-26 · CVE-2020-5792

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nagios XI version 5.7.3

Description The issue is related to the improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command, allowing a remote, authenticated admin user to write to arbitrary files. This can ultimately lead to code execution with the privileges of the apache user.

Recommendations For Nagios XI version 5.7.3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Argument Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-88

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5792

Affected Products

Nagios Xi

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/nagios_xi_scanner.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/nagios_xi_snmptrap_authenticated_rce.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162284/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-58 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5792 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5792 · Vendor Advisory