VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14312

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Nagios 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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Primary references