Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-14609
The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 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, as demonstrated by bearerbox.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 15.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
Products affected by CVE-2017-14609
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kannel:kannel:1.5.0