VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-8736
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 46.3%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 46.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 46.26% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- nagios/nagios xi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXTRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.htmlExploit, Release Notes, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0fThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXTRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.htmlExploit, Release Notes, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0fThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.