Description
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-61
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0193
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-281
Status
published
Products (1)
nagios/nagios_xi
5.7.4
Published
Nov 13, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026