What is CVE-2017-14159?

CVE-2017-14159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openldap, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-14159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14159 known to be exploited?

9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Openldap

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 befo…

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.002 (36.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14159?: CVE-2017-14159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openldap, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-14159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14159 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.