CVE-2017-16834

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    CVE-2017-16834

    Published: 16 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.

    References: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09, https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.6.26
    0.6.25
    0.6.24
    0.6.22
    0.6.21
    0.6.20
    0.6.19
    0.6.18
    0.6.17
    0.6.16
    0.6.15
    0.6.14
    0.6.13
    0.6.12
    0.6.10
    0.6.7
    0.6.6
    0.6.5
    0.6.3
    0.6.2
    0.6.0
    0.6.rc6
    0.6.rc5
    0.6.rc4
    0.6.rc1

    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