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CVE-2013-4214

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4214 is a local file overwrite vulnerability affecting Nagios Core versions 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, specifically when MAGPIE_CACHE_ON is enabled. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on the /tmp/magpie_cache directory. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.3, indicating a medium severity, with a local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and high impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 38th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: nagios-0:3.5.1-2.el6ost
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: nagios

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4214Moderate

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

Aug 7, 2013

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1526.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
nagios.org / projects/nagios-core/history/4x
securityfocus.com / bid/61747