CVE-2013-2029 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the nagios.upgrade_to_v3.sh script distributed by Red Hat for Nagios Core versions 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, as well as Red Hat OpenStack. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on a predictably named temporary file in /tmp/. With a CVSS score of 6.3, this vulnerability has high impact on integrity and availability, but requires medium attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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