High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-11746
CVE-2017-11746
Description
Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.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 tenshi.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /pathname/tenshi.pid" command.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:inversepath:tenshi:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:inversepath:tenshi:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=0.15
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/inversepath/tenshi/issues/6nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-18nvd
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