CVE-2008-5027

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Nagios process in (1) Nagios before 3.0.5 and (2) op5 Monitor before 4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization checks, and trigger execution of arbitrary programs by this process, via an (a) custom form or a (b) browser addon.

Affected products

Nagios Enterprises nagios: through 3.0.4; 1.0, 1.0_b1, 1.0_b2, 1.0_b3, 1.0b1, 1.0b2 (+47)
Op5 Monitor: through 4.0.0; 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 3.0, 3.0.0, 3.2 (+4)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124156641928637&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/33320
http://secunia.com/advisories/35002
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-15.xml
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4914396D.5010009%40op5.se&forum_name=nagios-devel
http://www.nagios.org/development/history/nagios-3x.php
http://www.op5.com/support/news/389-important-security-fix-available-for-op5-monitor
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/06/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32156
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022165
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-698-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3029

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