{"id":"CVE-2020-28910","aliases":["EUVD-2020-21301","GHSA-j8r2-c848-hx5v"],"status":"published","title":"Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows...","description":"Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.05133,"percentile":0.92467,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-276","CWE-732"],"published":"2021-05-24T12:44:15Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:48Z","products":[{"vendor":"nagios","product":"nagios_xi"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28910"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8r2-c848-hx5v"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-28910","description":"Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.","status":"published","published":"2021-05-24T12:44:15Z","modified":"2024-08-04T16:41:00.31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:57.352161Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-21301","description":"Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.","status":"published","published":"2021-05-24T12:44:15Z","modified":"2024-08-04T16:41:00Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:07:08.475588Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-j8r2-c848-hx5v","title":"Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows...","description":"Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T19:03:06Z","modified":"2023-01-27T05:03:16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-276"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:42:12.753514Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-28910","description":"Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.","status":"published","published":"2021-05-24T13:15:08.167Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:48.753Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":10,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:43.288951Z"}]}}