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CVE-2018-21025

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-21025 is a critical vulnerability affecting Centreon VM through version 19.04.3, specifically within the centreon-backup.pl script. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve root privileges on the system by exploiting incorrectly configured permissions of sourced configuration files. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered considerable community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 19.04.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:centreon:centreon_vm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-f24j-f97w-65h8critical

Centreon Privilege Escalation

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / centreon/centreon/issues/7082
ExploitThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/10/08/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory