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CVE-2014-4703 json

lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file i…

published 2014-12-05 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4622

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-4703 updated cvss 4.4

nagios-plugins: check_dhcp Arbitrary Option File Read

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 nagios-plugins Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 nagios-plugins
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33904)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33904 Nagios Plugins check_dhcp 2.0.2 - Arbitrary Option File Read Race Condition local, 2014-06-28
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/141 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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