CVE-2016-9566 (GCVE-0-2016-9566)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-15 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
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