CVE-2020-5792

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 7.2

Description

Improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to write to arbitrary files and ultimately execute code with the privileges of the apache user.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-5792

Assigner
vulnreport@tenable.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-10-20T22:15:44

Last Modified Date
2022-04-26T16:23:09

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-88	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:5.7.3:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.2

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-58	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162284/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5792
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5792

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:26:28				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 00:33:22	2020-10-20T22:15Z	2020-10-20T22:15:44	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 00:33:22		2022-04-26T16:23:09	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 00:33:22		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated