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CVE-2017-14610

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.32%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2017-14610
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.32%

Original NVD Description

bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create 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.

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