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CVE-2016-9565
CRITICAL
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.
Published: Dec 15, 2016
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-284
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| nagios | nagios | * |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-828p-3vwg-wc22
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote...
References (32)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
22.68%
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
46 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub