VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-15903
There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.75%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.75% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- nagios/nagios xi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.