Description
Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.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 tenshi.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/tenshi.pid`" command.
Published: 2017-07-30
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1069-1 tenshi security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3356 Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.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 tenshi.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/tenshi.pid`" command.
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Inversepath Tenshi
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:19:38.943Z

Reserved: 2017-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11746

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-30T16:29:00.187

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11746

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