CVE-2021-40343

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    CVE-2021-40343

    Published: 26 Oct 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Nagios XI 5.8.5. Insecure file permissions on the nagios_unbundler.py file allow the nagios user to elevate their privileges to the root user.

    References: https://synacktiv.com, , https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT, https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2021-10/Nagios_XI_multiple_vulnerabilities_0.pdf

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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