CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2020-11-13 08:15

Updated : 2020-11-24 09:54

NVD link : CVE-2020-5796

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5796

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-281

Improper Preservation of Permissions