Vulnerability · Published May 24, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-28910

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.1% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)5.1%top 7.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ x_refsource_MISC
https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/ x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC