4.7med
CVE-2017-14159
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 k…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.7
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 28%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-665 Improper Initialization
References
- oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- openldap.org /its/index.cgi?findid=8703 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-14159
- NVD: CVE-2017-14159
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