Command injection in Opsview Monitor - CVE-2018-16146
Published: September 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14605
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16146
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Opsview
Affected software:
Opsview Monitor
Opsview Monitor
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a local administrative attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the 'value' parameter is not properly sanitized. A local attacker can access a Opsview Web Management console functionality, test notifications that are triggered under certain configurable events and execute arbitrary commands with nagios' user privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16146
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 5.3.1, 5.4.2, 6.0.