MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6373

Nagios vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Nagios before 3.0.6 has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors related to CGI programs, "adaptive external commands," and "writing newlines and submitting service comments."
Affected vendor
Nagios
Affected product
Nagios
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-03-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6373

  • Confirm whether Nagios Nagios is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6373.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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