#VU36711 Cross-site request forgery in monit - CVE-2016-7067

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36711

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7067

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
monit
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor: mmonit.com

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

monit: 5.8.1 - 5.17.1

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External links
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93953
https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/c6ec3820e627f85417053e6336de2987f2d863e3?at=master
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7067
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/267

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.