CVE-2017-13649 - CVE Vulnerability

UnrealIRCd 4.0.13 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. NOTE: the vendor indicates that there is no common or recommended scenario in which a root script would execute this kill command. (CVSS:0.0) (Last Update:2017-08-23)

Vulnerability Details : UnrealIRCd 4.0.13 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. NOTE: the vendor indicates that there is no common or recommended scenario in which a root script would execute this kill command. Publish Date : 2017-08-23 Last Update Date : 2017-08-23 - CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types CVSS Score 0.0 Confidentiality Impact ??? Integrity Impact ??? Availability Impact ??? Access Complexity ??? Authentication ??? Gained Access None Vulnerability Type(s) Execute Code CWE ID CWE id is not defined for this vulnerability - Products Affected By CVE-2017-13649 # Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language No vulnerable product found. If the vulnerability is created recently it may take a few days to gather vulnerable products list and other information like cvss scores. Please check again in a few days. - References For CVE-2017-13649 https://bugs.unrealircd.org/view.php?id=4990

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