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CVE-2014-8994
The check_diskio plugin 3.2.6 and earlier for Nagios and Icinga allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a…
- 3.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 74% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The check_diskio plugin 3.2.6 and earlier for Nagios and Icinga allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name (tmp/check_diskio_status-*-*).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days 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 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- checkdiskio-cve20148994-symlink(98849) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 71208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141119 CVE request for check_diskio nagios/icinga plugin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141120 Re: CVE request for check_diskio nagios/icinga plugin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2014-8820 (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-2014-8994)Record last updated .