# CVE-2019-9166: Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.nagios.com/products/security/
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152496/Nagios-XI-5.5.10-XSS-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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