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CVE-2017-12847

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.79% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-08-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.3. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-12847
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.3
EPSS
0.79%

Original NVD Description

Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock 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 nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.

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