Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI - CVE-2020-28910

 

Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI - CVE-2020-28910

Published: May 25, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53527
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28910
CWE-ID: CWE-378
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to creation of a temporary directory with insecure permissions in getprofile.sh. A remote authenticated attacker can gain elevated privileges on the target system.


Affected software

Nagios XI

How to mitigate CVE-2020-28910

Install updates from vendor's website.

Nagios XI - update to 5.8.0

External References

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