CVE-2021-37345

Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because xi-sys.cfg is being imported from the var directory for some scripts with elevated permissions.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://nagios.com	Vendor Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Aug 2021, 15:40

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi::::::::
References	~~(MISC) http://nagios.com -~~	(MISC) http://nagios.com - Vendor Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ -~~	(MISC) https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CWE		CWE-269
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 4.6 v3 : 7.8

13 Aug 2021, 12:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-08-13 12:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-37345

Mitre link : CVE-2021-37345

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-37345

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Products Affected

nagios

nagios_xi

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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