VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-11746

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.09%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-07-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Primary references