CVE-2017-18284

Published Jun 4, 2018

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 sets the ownership of the PID file directory to the burp account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.6
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-732

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations