CVE-2017-14610 bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary proc...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 0.32%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bareos | <= 16.2.6 | No fix listed |
References
- bugs.bareos.org issue-tracking mitigation vendor-advisory