Nagios XI up to 5.2.x/5.4.12 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nagios XI up to 5.2.x/5.4.12. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-8736. The attack can be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nagios XI up to 5.2.x/5.4.12 (Log Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2018. The weakness was presented 04/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at assets.nagios.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-8736 since 03/15/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11994 (NagiosXI Chaining Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 5.4.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44969). See VDB-116310, VDB-116311 and VDB-116312 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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OpenVAS ID: 57945
OpenVAS Name: Nagios XI Multiple Vulnerabilities-April18
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MetaSploit ID: nagios_xi_chained_rce_2_electric_boogaloo.rb
MetaSploit Name: Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nagios XI 5.4.13
Suricata ID: 2025772
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03/13/2018 🔍
03/15/2018 +2 days 🔍
04/17/2018 +32 days 🔍
04/18/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/20/2024 +2438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: assets.nagios.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-8736 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-8736
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116313
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2018 10:17 AM
Updated: 12/20/2024 06:38 AM
Changes: 04/18/2018 10:17 AM (71), 01/25/2020 06:04 PM (4), 12/20/2024 06:38 AM (18)
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