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CVE-2014-0243

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

• Tenable Check_MK: through 1.2.5; 1.2.5-i2p1

References

• http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0426323df1641596c4f01ef5a716a3b65276f01c
• http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ef8d00c53ec9cbd05c4ae2f09b50761130e7ce
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134160.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134166.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126857/Check_MK-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/145
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/28/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67674
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101669
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/58536
• https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532224/100/0/threaded
• http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0426323df1641596c4f01ef5a716a3b65276f01c

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