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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.