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CVE-2017-13649

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.28%

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

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CVE
CVE-2017-13649
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.28%

Original Filing — NVD 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.