CVE-2017-14681

Published: Sep 21, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: P3scan Project: P3scan

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
P3scan Project P3scan	Up to 3.0

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://sourceforge.net/p/p3scan/bugs/33/

Source: cve@mitre.org

MitigationThird Party Advisory

https://sourceforge.net/p/p3scan/bugs/33/

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

MitigationThird Party Advisory

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