CVE-2014-4701
The check_dhcp plugin in Nagios Plugins before 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from INI configuration files via…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 33387 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 33387 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 61319 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20140516 check_dhcp - Nagios Plugins <= 2.0.1 Arbitrary Option File Read (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 67433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 58751 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140630 Re: CVE requests: nagios check_dhcp plug-in: read parts of INI config files belonging to root (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 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 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-check_dhcp.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1352 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-4620 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-4701)Record last updated .