High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-16834
CVE-2017-16834
Description
PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09nvd
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