9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-28910
Nagios XI Temporary Directory Permission Vulnerability
Description

Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.

INFO

Published Date :

May 24, 2021, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 12, 2022, 5:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-28910 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_xi
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-2020-28910.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-28910 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
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-276 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/ No Types Assigned https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ No Types Assigned https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-276
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.7.5
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
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.

10.46 }} 2.12%

score

0.95156

percentile

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