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CVE-2020-15903 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nagios nagios xi
< 5.7.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-15903
NVD Published Date:
Sep 9, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-15903 Details - Not Deferred