VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14609

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a 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 PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by bearerbox.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-665: Improper Initialization

Primary references