CVE-2016-8641 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-8641 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 01/08/2018 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: redhat | Vendor: Nagios Enterprises | Product: nagios
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-8641 Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios 4.2.x that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary files and insecurely changing the ownership afterwards. It\'s possible for the local attacker to create symbolic links before the files are to be created and possibly escalating the privileges with the ownership change.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-59
CWE Name: CWE-59
Source: Nagios Enterprises

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