CVE-2017-14102
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-665
- Affected
- mimedefang/mimedefang
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038085.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038085.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.