CVE-2017-16933

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    CVE-2017-16933

    Published: 24 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.

    References: https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/issues/5793

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 30384a4340011723869969e76a3dd2801786cf2e
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v2.8.0

    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