Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock 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 nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
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Published : 2017-08-23 21:29
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-12847
Mitre link : CVE-2017-12847
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12847
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Products Affected
nagios
- nagios
CWE
CWE-665
Improper Initialization