01 Record
CVE-2014-8994
The check_diskio plugin 3.2.6 and earlier for Nagios and Icinga allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The check_diskio plugin 3.2.6 and earlier for Nagios and Icinga allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name
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
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- 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
- 2014-11-28 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 212f0c89d3675675c837eb6ccd261c2cb0e2f5decf29909fa3bc2b42d31460d9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcheckdiskio-cve20148994-symlink(98849)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98849
- www.securityfocus.com71208http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71208
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141119 CVE request for check_diskio nagios/icinga pluginhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/679
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141120 Re: CVE request for check_diskio nagios/icinga pluginhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/701