CVE-2017-14159 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.7