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    CVE-2016-10089

    Nagios 4.3.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file, related to CVE-2016-8641.

    Published:Dec 30, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Feb 15, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00099
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nagios
    Product
    Nagios

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High