PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-16T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.009Z

Reserved: 2017-11-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-16834

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-16T02:29:05.410

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2017-16834

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16834 - Bugzilla