CVE-2016-8641 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios 4.2.x, specifically within the daemon-init.in script. A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this by creating symbolic links before the script creates necessary files, leading to an insecure ownership change that grants them elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV), public exploit code (EDB-40774) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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