Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.3
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-nagios-core | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 23, 2017 | |
| Ubuntu | no-fix-ubuntu-package | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 23, 2017 |
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