CWE Code: 665
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.3
CWE Name:  Improper Initialization
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-08-23
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-03