01 Record
CVE-2014-0243
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-19 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-12-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d482e45dbe7dba13675567f87a81372b8bf092ae13b1328cf19d4d5555c2c469
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com58536https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/58536
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140528 LSE Leading Security Experts GmbH - LSE-2014-05-21 - Check_MK - Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/28/1
- www.securityfocus.com67674http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67674
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-6810http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134166.html
- git.mathias-kettner.dehttp://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0426323df1641596c4f01ef5a716a3b65276f01c
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-6818http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134160.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101669
- seclists.org20140528 LSE Leading Security Experts GmbH - LSE-2014-05-21 - Check_MK - Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerabilityhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/145
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126857/Check_MK-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html
- www.securityfocus.com20140528 LSE Leading Security Experts GmbH - LSE-2014-05-21 - Check_MK - Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerabilityhttps://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532224/100/0/threaded
- git.mathias-kettner.dehttp://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ef8d00c53ec9cbd05c4ae2f09b50761130e7ce