CVE-2017-16933

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 24, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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