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CVE-2016-10089

Published: 15 February 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur 
Debian/Ubuntu uses a different init script

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
nagios3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		precise Not vulnerable
(code not used)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not used])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not used)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(code not used)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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