The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL (when the service is stopped).
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EUVD-2017-9371 | The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL (when the service is stopped). |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.150Z
Reserved: 2018-03-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-18240

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-03-19T02:29:00.207
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:39.493
Link: CVE-2017-18240

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