Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-9565

Title: Nagios

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-9565

CWE Category CWE-284
Published Date Dec 15, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
22.68%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-9565: 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.

Impacted Vendors

N
nagios 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488 https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/ https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488 https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/ https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-9565 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.