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Incorrect File Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Incorrect File Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier and Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation to root. Low-privileged users are able to modify files that are included (aka sourced) by scripts executed by root.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 24, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(51st percentile)

Weaknesses

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2020-28906

GHSA ID

GHSA-7c44-qggm-pv6g

Source code

No known source code

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