CVE-2013-4215 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 4.4 Published 5 May 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escalate privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file in Nagios Plugins.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2013-4215?

CVE-2013-4215 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IPXPING_COMMAND in contrib/check_ipxping.c in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/ipxping/ipxping.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4215?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nagios Plugins.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4215?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2013-4215 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-66wp-j8hv-q5v9.