CVE-2014-0243
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a...
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
- Record
CVE-2014-0243- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
- Record
CVE-2014-0243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0281 No score
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
- Record
EUVD-2014-0281- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cwxh-wcm5-xrxq
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a...
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
- Record
GHSA-cwxh-wcm5-xrxq- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-0243 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Check Mk Project Mk, published July 19, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/58536
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/28/1
securityfocus.com/bid/67674
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134166.html
git.mathias-kettner.de/git?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0426323df1641596c4f01ef5a716a3b65276f01c
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101669
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/145
packetstormsecurity.com/files/126857/Check_MK-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0243
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwxh-wcm5-xrxq