Is CVE-2020-15903 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-15903 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-15903?

CVE-2020-15903 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-15903?

CVE-2020-15903 has an EPSS score of 4.75% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-15903?

Upgrade nagios xi to 5.7.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-15903

CRITICALEPSS 91th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.

How to fix

Remediation Available

nagios xiNVD

Affected:< 5.7.3Fixed in:5.7.3CVE-2020-15903derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nagios.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.