7.8

CVE-2016-10089: nagios

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
Published 15-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10089 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in nagios. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.52%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
SUSE-SU-2018:3240-1SUSE-SU-2018:3620-1

Timeline

  1. 15-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nagios 4.3.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file, related to CVE-2016-8641.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

43%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.49% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nagios1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links