7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-16406
Centreon VMware OVF & OVA Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 21, 2019, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 6, 2020, 8:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-16406 has a 1 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-2019-16406 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 Centreon centreon_web

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).

Centreon =<19.10 Authenticated RCE

Python

Updated: 3 years, 10 months ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 17, 2020, 5:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 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-2019-16406 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-16406 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]

    Mar. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon-auto-discovery/en/latest/release_notes/18.10/centreon-auto-discovery-18.10.8.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon-auto-discovery/en/latest/release_notes/19.04/centreon-auto-discovery-19.04.2.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/centreon/centreon/pull/8062 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-2.8.html#centreon-web-2-8-31 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-19.04.html#centreon-web-19-04-8 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-18.10.html#centreon-web-18-10-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://thecybergeek.co.uk/cves/2019/09/19/CVEs.html No Types Assigned https://thecybergeek.co.uk/cves/2019/09/19/CVEs.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.centreon.com No Types Assigned https://www.centreon.com Product
    Added CWE NIST CWE-732
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:centreon:centreon_web:19.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.20 }} 0.06%

score

0.58135

percentile

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