Name: CVE-2017-16834: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-16834, CWE-732, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00038

PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-analyzer/pnp4nagios.	Jun 25, 2018	Nov 15, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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