CVE-2017-16933

HIGH

Icinga 2.x-2.8.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/issues/5793

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
icinga/icinga 2.0.0 - 2.8.0
Published Nov 24, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026