RULE(RULE ID:321580)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2018-07-30
Rule Name: EXPLOIT Nagios XI Set DB User Root Vulnerability (CVE-2018-8736)
Severity:
CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.
Impact: An attacker can abtain more privileges which he is not entitled to by exloiting the vulnerability, such as executing arbitrary code, deleting files, viewing sensitive information, changing configurations.
Affected OS: Network Device, Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Other Unix, Linux, Others, Android
Reference: https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f
ExploitDB:44560
ExploitDB:44969
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
Solutions
Please replace the product with an unaffected version.