CVE-2017-11746
HIGHTenshi 0.15 - Arbitrary Process Termination via PID File Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.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 tenshi.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/tenshi.pid`" command.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-18
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/inversepath/tenshi/issues/6
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0109
EPSS Percentile
61.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-552
Status
published
Products (1)
inversepath/tenshi
0.15
Published
Jul 30, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026