Vulnerability in Mimedefang
CVE-2017-14102
MIMEDefang 2.80 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 the init-script.in and mimedefang-init.in scripts.
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mimedefang — versions 2.80
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-14102?
- CVE-2017-14102 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mimedefang, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-01.
- How severe is CVE-2017-14102?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.