CVE-2016-9566 in Nagios

Summary

base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.

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• Reservation: 11/22/2016
• Disclosure: 12/15/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-94546
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 7.8
• EPSS: 0.08602
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9566
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9566
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-9566/