VDB
CVE-2017-14609
CVE-2017-14609
PUBLISHED
The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 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, as demonstrated by bearerbox.
EPSS 0.05% · 16.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.05%
16.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | kannel | 1.4.4-2, 1.4.4-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | kannel | 1.4.4-4, 1.4.4-5, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | kannel | 0, 1.4.5-3ubuntu1, 1.4.5-3ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | kannel | 0, 1.4.5-20ubuntu2, 1.4.5-20ubuntu3 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | kannel | 1.4.5-9ubuntu2, 1.4.5-9ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | kannel | 1.4.5-13ubuntu1, 1.4.5-16ubuntu1, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://redmine.kannel.org/issues/771 (nist-nvd)
Timeline
- Sep 20, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2022 CVE Updated
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14609 third-party-advisory
- https://redmine.kannel.org/issues/771 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14609 third-party-advisory