What is the severity of CVE-2016-10089?

CVE-2016-10089 is rated as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for local privilege escalation.

How does CVE-2016-10089 allow local users to gain root privileges?

CVE-2016-10089 allows local users to gain root privileges through a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file.

Which versions of Nagios are affected by CVE-2016-10089?

Nagios versions 4.3.2 and earlier are affected by CVE-2016-10089.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10089?

To fix CVE-2016-10089, users should upgrade Nagios to a version later than 4.3.2.

Is CVE-2016-10089 related to any other vulnerabilities?

CVE-2016-10089 is related to CVE-2016-8641, which also pertains to security issues in Nagios.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-10089

high

7.8

CWE

264

15/2/2017

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-10089

First published: Wed Feb 15 2017(Updated: )

Nagios 4.3.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file, related to CVE-2016-8641.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Nagios	<=4.2.4

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10089?
CVE-2016-10089 is rated as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for local privilege escalation.
How does CVE-2016-10089 allow local users to gain root privileges?
CVE-2016-10089 allows local users to gain root privileges through a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file.
Which versions of Nagios are affected by CVE-2016-10089?
Nagios versions 4.3.2 and earlier are affected by CVE-2016-10089.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10089?
To fix CVE-2016-10089, users should upgrade Nagios to a version later than 4.3.2.
Is CVE-2016-10089 related to any other vulnerabilities?
CVE-2016-10089 is related to CVE-2016-8641, which also pertains to security issues in Nagios.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10089?
CVE-2016-10089 is rated as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for local privilege escalation.
How does CVE-2016-10089 allow local users to gain root privileges?
CVE-2016-10089 allows local users to gain root privileges through a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file.
Which versions of Nagios are affected by CVE-2016-10089?
Nagios versions 4.3.2 and earlier are affected by CVE-2016-10089.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10089?
To fix CVE-2016-10089, users should upgrade Nagios to a version later than 4.3.2.
Is CVE-2016-10089 related to any other vulnerabilities?
CVE-2016-10089 is related to CVE-2016-8641, which also pertains to security issues in Nagios.