CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14102

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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 modifying this PID file before a root script executes a 'kill' command.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to attacks from local users who can exploit this vulnerability to kill processes, potentially disrupting system operations.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update MIMEDefang to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the non-root account.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS