Description
Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock 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 nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-4384 | Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock 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 nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:06.962Z
Reserved: 2017-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-12847
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-08-23T21:29:00.200
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-12847
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EUVD