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
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100507 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.unrealircd.org/view.php?id=4990 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-29T09:57:01

Reserved: 2017-08-23T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-13649

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-08-23T21:29:00.280

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2017-13649

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