CVE-2013-4214

core: html/rss-newsfeed.php insecure temporary file usage

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

rss-newsfeed.php in Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, when MAGPIE_CACHE_ON is set to 1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/magpie_cache.

rss-newsfeed.php en Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, y anteriores versiones, cuando se establece MAGPIE_CACHE_ON en 1, permite a usuarios locales sobreescribir archivos arbitrarios a través de un ataque symlink en /tmp/magpie_cache.

Nagios is a program that can monitor hosts and services on your network. It can send email or page alerts when problems arise and when problems are resolved. Multiple insecure temporary file creation flaws were found in Nagios. A local attacker could use these flaws to cause arbitrary files to be overwritten as the root user via a symbolic link attack. These issues were discovered by Grant Murphy of the Red Hat Product Security Team.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-06-12 CVE Reserved
2013-11-18 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-377: Insecure Temporary File

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61747	Vdb Entry
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1526.html	2023-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=958002	2013-11-18
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4214	2013-11-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nagios Search vendor "Nagios"		Nagios Search vendor "Nagios" for product "Nagios"				<= 3.5.1 Search vendor "Nagios" for product "Nagios" and version " <= 3.5.1"		-		Affected
Nagios Search vendor "Nagios"		Nagios Search vendor "Nagios" for product "Nagios"				3.4.4 Search vendor "Nagios" for product "Nagios" and version "3.4.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openstack Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack"				3.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" and version "3.0"		-		Affected