CVE-2020-5796

Improper preservation of permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.4 allows a local, low-privileged, authenticated user to weaken the permissions of files, resulting in low-privileged users being able to write to and execute arbitrary PHP code with root privileges.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-61	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:5.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-11-13 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:08

NVD link : CVE-2020-5796

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5796

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-5796

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nagios

nagios_xi

CWE

CWE-281

Improper Preservation of Permissions

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