# CVE-2019-16406: Centreon Web 19.04.4 has weak permissions within the OVA (aka VMware virtual machine) and OVF (aka VirtualBox virtual machine) files, allowi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Centreon Web 19.04.4 has weak permissions within the OVA (aka VMware virtual machine) and OVF (aka VirtualBox virtual machine) files, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Centreon-autodisco executable file that is launched by cron.

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## References

- https://www.centreon.com
- https://thecybergeek.co.uk/cves/2019/09/19/CVEs.html
- https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon-auto-discovery/en/latest/release_notes/19.04/centreon-auto-discovery-19.04.2.html
- https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon-auto-discovery/en/latest/release_notes/18.10/centreon-auto-discovery-18.10.8.html
- https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-19.04.html#centreon-web-19-04-8
- https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-18.10.html#centreon-web-18-10-10
- https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-2.8.html#centreon-web-2-8-31
- https://github.com/centreon/centreon/pull/8062

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