CVE-2017-14312

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected products

Nagios Core: through 4.3.4

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100881
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/424
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-03
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100881
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/424
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-03

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