CWE Code: 269
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Improper Privilege Management
Summary: nagios core through 4.3.4 initially executes /usr/sbin/nagios as root but supports configuration options in which this file is owned by a non-root account (and similarly can have nagios.cfg owned by a non-root account), which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this non-root account.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-09-11
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-03