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CVE-2017-12847

Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock 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 nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /pathname/nagios.lock" command.

  • Published: Aug 23, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-12847
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.3
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.3
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

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