VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-9166
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
Weakness classification
- CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Product, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Product, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory