CVE-2020-15903 : An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vu

An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.

Published 2020-09-09 21:15:11

Updated 2021-07-21 11:39:24

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2020-15903

Nagios » Nagios Xi
Versions before (<) 5.7.3
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-15903

EPSS FAQ

0.22%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 60 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-15903

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
10.0	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	10.0	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

References for CVE-2020-15903

https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

Nagios XI Change Log - Nagios
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