Vulnerability in Nagios

CVE-2016-10089

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nagios
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10089?: CVE-2016-10089 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-10089?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.