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CRITICAL
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 :

Oct. 9, 2018, 8 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
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.

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

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

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 30, 2021, 8:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 49 different CVEs too.

红方人员作战执行手册

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
352 stars 343 fork 343 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

Python Ruby

Updated: 3 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 [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.
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:

Exploit Prediction

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

26.27 }} 0.26%

score

0.95975

percentile

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