Vulnerability CVE-2017-16834
Published: 2017-11-15   Modified: 2017-11-16

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-732

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Pnp4nagios -> Pnp4nagios 

 References:
https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09
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