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-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: 2024-09-17T02:37:01.538Z
Reserved: 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2017-14102
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-09-01T05:29:00.250
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-14102
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EUVD