CVE-2014-4701

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The check_dhcp plugin in Nagios Plugins before 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from INI configuration files via the extra-opts flag, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4702.

Affected products

Nagios Enterprises nagios: through 2.0.1

References

http://legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-check_dhcp.txt
http://nagios-plugins.org/nagios-plugins-2-0-2-released/?utm_source=Nagios.org&utm_medium=News+Post&utm_content=Nagios%20Plugins%202.0.2%20Released&utm_campaign=Nagios%20Plugins
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/74
http://secunia.com/advisories/58751
http://secunia.com/advisories/61319
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33387
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67433
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20141352-1.html
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-check_dhcp.txt
http://nagios-plugins.org/nagios-plugins-2-0-2-released/?utm_source=Nagios.org&utm_medium=News+Post&utm_content=Nagios%20Plugins%202.0.2%20Released&utm_campaign=Nagios%20Plugins
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/74

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