# CVE-2017-16882: Icinga Core through 1.14.0 initially executes bin/icinga as root but supports configuration options in which this file is owned by a non-roo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Icinga Core through 1.14.0 initially executes bin/icinga as root but supports configuration options in which this file is owned by a non-root account (and similarly can have etc/icinga.cfg owned by a non-root account), which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this non-root account, a related issue to CVE-2017-14312. This also affects bin/icingastats, bin/ido2db, and bin/log2ido.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga-core/issues/1601
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-31

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