CVE-2017-14609

The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill…

published September 20, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by bearerbox.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00407 · 33.9th percentile
Published
2017-09-20T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 SEP 18:00Z
    The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill…
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