CVE-2017-18226

MEDIUM

Jabberd2 < 2.6.1 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 sets the ownership of /var/run/jabber to the jabber account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill -TERM `cat /var/run/jabber/filename.pid`" command.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.gentoo.org/631068

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.5%
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-732
Status published
Products (1)
jabberd2/jabberd2 < 2.6.1
Published Mar 12, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026