Description
UnrealIRCd 4.0.13 and earlier creates 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. NOTE: the vendor indicates that there is no common or recommended scenario in which a root script would execute this kill command.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.unrealircd.org/view.php?id=4990
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100507
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-665
Status
published
Products (1)
unrealircd/unrealircd
< 4.0.13
Published
Aug 23, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026