Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100507nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.unrealircd.org/view.phpnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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