Description
main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.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 tinyproxy.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid`" command.
Published: 2017-07-30
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2163-1 tinyproxy security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3357 main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.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 tinyproxy.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid`" command.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4808-1 Tinyproxy vulnerability
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Tinyproxy Project Tinyproxy
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:19:38.909Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-11747

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-30T16:29:00.250

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

Link: CVE-2017-11747

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses