Vulnerability in Nagios Nagios_xi
CVE-2020-28910
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.
EPSS: 0.039 (89.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nagios Nagios_xi
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-28910?
- CVE-2020-28910 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Nagios_xi, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.
- How severe is CVE-2020-28910?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-28910 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.