CVE-2017-16933

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-16933

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-11-24T05:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-732	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga::::::::	1	OR	2.0.0	2.8.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/issues/5793	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16933
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16933

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:23:50				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:26:50	2017-11-24T05:29Z	2017-11-24T05:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:26:50		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:26:50		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated