CVE-2017-18226

jabberd: privilege escalation via PID file manipulation

Published Mar 12, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9358 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 9:13 PM
Reserved
Mar 11, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 12, 2018, 4:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:12 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 5, 2017, 12:00 AM