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    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 processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command.

    Published:Sep 20, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Sep 20, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00043
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Bareos
    Product
    Bareos

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-665 Improper Initialization

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High