CVE-2017-18240

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-18240
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-03-19T02:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-04-18T16:14:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628540 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-10 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103469 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18240
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18240
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:45:31 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 03:35:29 2018-03-19T02:29Z 2018-03-19T02:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 03:35:29 2018-04-18T16:14:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 03:35:29 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated