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CVE-2016-9566
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-15T22:59:00.537 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:15.290

Summary

base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.

Affected products

nagios — nagios

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References

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