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CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
4.88%
Published
Dec 15, 2016
Modified
May 6, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (2)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (1)
References (20)