CVE-2016-8641
Nagios Daemon-Init Privilege Escalation
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios 4.2.x that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary files and insecurely changing the ownership afterwards. It's possible for the local attacker to create symbolic links before the files are to be created and possibly escalating the privileges with the ownership change.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 1, 2018, 2:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:26 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-8641.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95121 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8641 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/f2ed227673d3b2da643eb5cad26b2d87674f28c1.patch | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40774/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Access Complexity Insufficient Information Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed CVSS V2 Reason AC-Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts Removed CVSS V2 Reason C-Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts Removed CVSS V2 Reason A-Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts Removed CVSS V2 Reason I-Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 11, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-59 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8641 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8641 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40774/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40774/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95121 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95121 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/f2ed227673d3b2da643eb5cad26b2d87674f28c1.patch No Types Assigned https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/f2ed227673d3b2da643eb5cad26b2d87674f28c1.patch Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-59 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40774/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95121 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 02, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/f2ed227673d3b2da643eb5cad26b2d87674f28c1.patch [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-8641 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-8641
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12672
percentile