Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12847
CVE-2017-12847
Description
Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock 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 nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /pathname/nagios.lock" command.
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Affected products
3- Range: <4.3.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/1b197346d490df2e2d3b1dcce5ac6134ad0c8752nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/3baffa78bafebbbdf9f448890ba5a952ea2d73cbnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/ChangelognvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/404nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20nvdThird Party Advisory
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