CVE-2017-14681

The daemon in P3Scan 3.0_rc1 and earlier creates a p3scan.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 p3scan.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/p3scan.pid`" command, as demonstrated by etc/init.d/p3scan.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceforge.net/p/p3scan/bugs/33/	Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/p3scan/bugs/33/	Mitigation Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:p3scan_project:p3scan:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-09-21 23:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-14681

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14681

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14681

JSON object : View

Products Affected

p3scan_project

p3scan

CWE

CWE-665

Improper Initialization

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