CVE-2014-5340

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-09-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The wato component in Check_MK before 1.2.4p4 and 1.2.5 before 1.2.5i4 uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object, related to an automation URL.

Affected products

Tenable Check_MK: through 1.2.4; 1.2.4, 1.2.4-p1, 1.2.4-p2, 1.2.5-i1, 1.2.5-i2, 1.2.5-i3

References

http://mathias-kettner.de/check_mk_werks.php?werk_id=984
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127941/Deutsche-Telekom-CERT-Advisory-DTC-A-20140820-001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1495.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533180/100/0/threaded
http://mathias-kettner.de/check_mk_werks.php?werk_id=984
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127941/Deutsche-Telekom-CERT-Advisory-DTC-A-20140820-001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1495.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533180/100/0/threaded

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