9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.0
CVE-2016-9565
Nagios Core Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability
Description

MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 15, 2016, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9565 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nagios nagios
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in Nagios Core allows for arbitrary file access; upgrading to the latest version and updating packages will address the issue.
  • Upgrade Nagios Core to the latest version.
  • Update the affected Nagios packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-9565 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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-2016-9565.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9565 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

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红方人员作战执行手册

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
471 stars 352 fork 352 watcher
Born at : Feb. 18, 2020, 4:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 49 different CVEs too.

nagios,zabbix,solr等平台一些漏洞的实现

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Updated: 4 years, 8 months ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 16, 2018, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-9565 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9565 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
    Added Reference https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
    Added Reference https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 16, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ No Types Assigned https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html No Types Assigned https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html Third Party Advisory, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

21.87 }} -4.55%

score

0.95449

percentile