CVE-2017-14102

Published Sep 1, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
MIMEDefang 2.80 and earlier creates 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 the init-script.in and mimedefang-init.in scripts.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5614 MIMEDefang 2.80 and earlier creates 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 the init-script.in and mimedefang-init.in scripts.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 2:37 AM
Reserved
Sep 1, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 1, 2017, 5:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:05 AM