CVE-2017-16933 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Icinga 2.x versions up to 2.8.1. An attacker with access to the $ICINGA2_USER account can exploit a chown call in the prepare-dirs script to create a symbolic link, thereby gaining elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity and low privileges. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.