{"cve":"CVE-2014-8994","nvd":{"published":"2014-11-28T15:59:10.417","modified":"2026-06-17T00:17:37.593","status":"Modified","description":"The check_diskio plugin 3.2.6 and earlier for Nagios and Icinga allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name (tmp/check_diskio_status-*-*).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-18"],"references":["http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/679","http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/701","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71208","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98849","http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/679"],"products":["check_diskio_project:check_diskio"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-8994","score":0.00329,"percentile":0.26105,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}