CVE-2017-16834 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-11-16

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8008	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

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 0.00038.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16834
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16834

History

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Subscriptions

Pnp4nagios Pnp4nagios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-16T02:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16834

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-16834

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2017-16834 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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