pnp4nagios: privilege escalation via insecure permissions
Published Nov 16, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.6.26
No data.
Red Hat Storage 3
pnp4nagios
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Storage 3 | pnp4nagios | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 29.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01102) | 53.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.00% (0.01005) | 17.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 13.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16834 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1517341 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16834
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16834
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16834 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1517341 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16834 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16834 |
Change history (0)
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