CVE-2017-16933

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.0
Exploit probability—
ProductIcinga
PublishedNov 24, 2017
First seenNov 24, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
icinga icinga2.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.0—

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