Medium severity · published Mar 12, 2018
CVE-2017-18226
The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 sets the ownership of /var/run/jabber to the jabber account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by…
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 sets the ownership of /var/run/jabber to the jabber account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill -TERM `cat /var/run/jabber/filename.pid`" command.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JA
Jabberd2 · Jabberd2
through 2.6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18226
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18226
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.gentoo.org/631068
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