Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-4703

Title: Nagios Information Disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2014-4703

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date Dec 05, 2014

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-4703: lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.

Impacted Vendors

nagios 1

Reference Links

http://nagios-plugins.org/nagios-plugins-2-0-3-released/ http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/141 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76810 http://nagios-plugins.org/nagios-plugins-2-0-3-released/ http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/141 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76810

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-4703 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33904

View Code

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 05, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.