CVE-2017-14610

Published: Sep 20, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Bareos: Bareos

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Bareos Bareos	Up to 16.2.6

Related CWEs

Improper Initialization

The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used.

References (2)

https://bugs.bareos.org/view.php?id=847

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory

https://bugs.bareos.org/view.php?id=847

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory

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