What is CVE-2017-16933?

CVE-2017-16933 is a high-severity vulnerability in Icinga, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-16933?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Icinga

CVE-2017-16933

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Icinga
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16933?: CVE-2017-16933 is a high-severity vulnerability in Icinga, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-16933?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.