cve/2016/CVE-2016-9566.md

### [CVE-2016-9566](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9566)
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### Description

base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file.  NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/58
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-9566.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40921/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/superfish9/pt
- https://github.com/ze3ter/zpriv