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CVE-2014-5340 (GCVE-0-2014-5340)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-09-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:41
VLAI
Summary
The wato component in Check_MK before 1.2.4p4 and 1.2.5 before 1.2.5i4 uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object, related to an automation URL.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-08-20 00:00
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