CVE-2017-14312 (GCVE-0-2017-14312)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-11 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:20
VLAI
Summary
Nagios Core through 4.3.4 initially executes /usr/sbin/nagios as root but supports configuration options in which this file is owned by a non-root account (and similarly can have nagios.cfg owned by a non-root account), which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this non-root account.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/i… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100881 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2017-09-11 00:00
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