CVE-2017-18284

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 sets the ownership of the PID file directory to the burp account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 4, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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