CVE-2013-4215

The IPXPING_COMMAND in contrib/check_ipxping.c in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/ipxping/ipxping.

Published: 2014-05-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4215 is rated Low Risk (26.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4215

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.33% +0.27%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.06% -0.89%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4215

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4215

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4215

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4215 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (monitoring-plugins), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4215
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4215
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4215 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nagios-plugins), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4215

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4215

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nagios plugins 1.4.16 cpe:2.3:a:nagios:plugins:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4215

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