CVE-2017-18240 — Improper Input Validation in Collectd
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 19
Latest updateMay 14
Description
The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL (when the service is stopped).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6