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.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957482
http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=451
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/310
http://osvdb.org/96085
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2014-05-05
Updated: 2026-06-16
Base Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00119