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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-13649

CVE-2017-13649

Description

UnrealIRCd 4.0.13 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. NOTE: the vendor indicates that there is no common or recommended scenario in which a root script would execute this kill command.

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Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:unrealircd:unrealircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:unrealircd:unrealircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.0.13
    • (no CPE)range: <=4.0.13

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