High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16933
CVE-2017-16933
Description
etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.
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References
1- github.com/Icinga/icinga2/issues/5793nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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