Vulnerability · Published May 24, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-28906

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-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 6.2% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)6.2%top 6.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Incorrect File Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier and Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation to root. Low-privileged users are able to modify files that are included (aka sourced) by scripts executed by root.

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