CVE-2017-14312

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14312
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-11 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionNagios Core through 4.3.4 initially executes /usr/sbin/nagios as root but supports configuration options in which this file is owned by a non-root account (and similarly can have nagios.cfg owned by a non-root account), which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this non-root account.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nagios Nagios Core All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Nagios Core CVE-2017-14312 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Nagios: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201812-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Root privilege escalation via insecure executable/config permissions (CVE-2017-14312) · Issue #424 · NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710284 Gentoo Linux NagInternetwork Operating System Privilege escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201812-03)
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