Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Nagios XI - CVE-2019-15949
Published: March 10, 2020 / Updated: February 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25848
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15949
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: nagios.org
Affected software:
Nagios XI
Nagios XI
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the getprofile.sh script in Nagios XI is invoked by downloading a system profile
(profile.php?cmd=download) and is executed as root via a passwordless sudo
entry; the script executes check_plugin, which is owned by the nagios
user. . A remote privileged user can inject and execute arbitrary OS commands as root on the affected system .
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15949
Install updates from vendor's website.