CVE-2017-16834

high

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09

https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-16

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H