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CVE-2013-4215

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4215 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16, specifically within the check_ipxping.c component. An attacker could exploit this by creating a symbolic link to /tmp/ipxping/ipxping, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 4.4, this vulnerability requires local access and moderate attack complexity, but has no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention and no evidence of active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:plugins:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4215Moderate

plugins: IPXPING_COMMAND uses fixed location in /tmp

Aug 7, 2013

References

osvdb.org / 96085
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / oss-sec/2013/q3/310
tracker.nagios.org / view.php