0.929 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.0%
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way Nagios handled log files. An attacker able to control the Nagios logging configuration (the ‘nagios’ user/group) could use this flaw to elevate their privileges to root.
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402869
legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-9566.html