CVE-2017-12847

CVSS V2 Medium 6.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.3
Description
Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-12847
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-23T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-665 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/665.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.3.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 9.2
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/404 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/3baffa78bafebbbdf9f448890ba5a952ea2d73cb Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/1b197346d490df2e2d3b1dcce5ac6134ad0c8752 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelog Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12847
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12847
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:21:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:14:21 2017-08-23T21:29Z 2017-08-23T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:14:21 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:14:21 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated