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    CVE-2016-9565

    MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.

    Published:Dec 13, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 15, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.21874
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nagios
    Product
    Nagios
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Storage

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-136 LDAP Injection
    CAPEC-15 Command Delimiters
    CAPEC-183 IMAP/SMTP Command Injection
    CAPEC-19 Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    CAPEC-248 Command Injection
    CAPEC-40 Manipulating Writeable Terminal Devices
    CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    CAPEC-441 Malicious Logic Insertion
    CAPEC-478 Modification of Windows Service Configuration
    CAPEC-479 Malicious Root Certificate
    CAPEC-502 Intent Spoof
    CAPEC-503 WebView Exposure
    CAPEC-536 Data Injected During Configuration
    CAPEC-546 Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment
    CAPEC-550 Install New Service
    CAPEC-551 Modify Existing Service
    CAPEC-552 Install Rootkit
    CAPEC-556 Replace File Extension Handlers
    CAPEC-558 Replace Trusted Executable
    CAPEC-562 Modify Shared File
    CAPEC-563 Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot
    CAPEC-564 Run Software at Logon
    CAPEC-578 Disable Security Software
    CAPEC-75 Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files
    CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls

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    References

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
    https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
    https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
    https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
    https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/

    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