Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2017
CVE-2017-14159
slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 and earlier creates a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging…
4.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 and earlier creates 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 openldap-initscript.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BP
Blockchain Platform · Oracle
before 21.1.2 · source: NVD
OP
Openldap · Openldap
through 2.4.45 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14159
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14159
Issue Tracking
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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