VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16834

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-11-16
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

PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references