VDB
CVE-2017-12847
CVE-2017-12847
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.300000190734863 MEDIUM
Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock 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 nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
EPSS 0.79% · 53.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.300000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.79%
53.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | nagios3 | 0, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu8 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | nagios3 | 3.5.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1 |
Timeline
- Aug 23, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12847 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/16/7 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12847 third-party-advisory