Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9566
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
Published Date
December 15, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory