CVE-2019-9166: Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.24%

65.4th percentile

Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
nagios	nagios_xi	< 5.5.11	5.5.11

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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