CVE-2016-9565
highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.227 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-40920Nagios < 4.2.2 - Arbitrary Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (6)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1103Nagios: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-12-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Nagios ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren und um root Rechte zu erlangen.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (38)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539925/100/0/threadedcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922cnnvd
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/cnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.htmlenisa_euvd
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