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CVE-2019-16406

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Description

Centreon Web 19.04.4 has weak permissions within the OVA (aka VMware virtual machine) and OVF (aka VirtualBox virtual machine) files, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Centreon-autodisco executable file that is launched by cron.

References

https://www.centreon.com

https://thecybergeek.co.uk/cves/2019/09/19/CVEs.html

https://github.com/centreon/centreon/pull/8062

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-7150

https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-2.8.html#centreon-web-2-8-31

https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-19.04.html#centreon-web-19-04-8

https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-18.10.html#centreon-web-18-10-10

https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon-auto-discovery/en/latest/release_notes/19.04/centreon-auto-discovery-19.04.2.html

https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon-auto-discovery/en/latest/release_notes/18.10/centreon-auto-discovery-18.10.8.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-21

Updated: 2026-06-17

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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00485

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