Nagios NDOUtils <2.1.4 Priv Esc: Nagios User to Root via File Ownership
CVE-2024-43199 Published on August 7, 2024
Nagios NDOUtils before 2.1.4 allows privilege escalation from nagios to root because certain executable files are owned by the nagios user.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-43199 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-43199
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Exploit Probability
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