CVE-2020-28910 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2021-05-24

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-21301	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00518.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html
https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

History

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Subscriptions

Nagios Nagios Xi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-05-24T12:44:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:41:00.310Z

Reserved: 2020-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-28910

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-24T13:15:08.167

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:23:16.540

Link: CVE-2020-28910

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732

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