CVE-2016-9566

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 15, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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