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CVE-2017-16834

PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.

Published

2017-11-16T02:29:05.410

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-732

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	pnp4nagios	pnp4nagios	≤ 0.6.26	Yes

References

https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09 ([email protected])
https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)