Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-14159
slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 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, as demonstrated by openldap-initscript.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 31.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.7
CVSS v2 Score 1.9
Products affected by CVE-2017-14159
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:-
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.3.29
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.11
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.12
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.13
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.14
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.15
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.16
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.17
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.18
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.19
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.20
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.21
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.22
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.23
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.24
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.25
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.26
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.27
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.28
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.29
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.30
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.31
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.32
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.33
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.34
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.35
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.36
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.37
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.38
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.39
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.40
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.41
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.42
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.43
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.44
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.45
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.9
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:blockchain_platform:-