CVE-2016-10089 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Nagios 4.3.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file, related to CVE-2016-8641.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nagios	Nagios

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/virtual-ciso
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95171
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10089
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10089

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-15T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:32.240Z

Reserved: 2016-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10089

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-15T15:59:00.277

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-10089

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10089 - Bugzilla

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