{"id":"CVE-2017-14159","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14159","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:53:17.374Z","title":"slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 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…","description":"slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 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 openldap-initscript.","published":"2017-09-05T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:05:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-665"],"affected":["openldap/openldap","oracle/blockchain platform"],"epss":{"score":0.00346,"percentile":0.28023,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14159","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}