RCE in Nagios
CVE-2009-2288
statuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2) Traceroute parameters.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.835 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.835 · newest: 0.835 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nagios — versions 1.0, 1.0b1, 1.0b2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/35688 (third-party-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-15.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35543 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39227 (third-party-advisory)
- tracker.nagios.org/view.php (Exploit)
- www.nagios.org/development/history/core-3x/
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0750 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/35692 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2288?
- CVE-2009-2288 is a vulnerability in Nagios, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2009-07-01.
- Is CVE-2009-2288 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.