High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14102
CVE-2017-14102
Description
MIMEDefang 2.80 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, as demonstrated by the init-script.in and mimedefang-init.in scripts.
Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:mimedefang:mimedefang:2.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mimedefang:mimedefang:2.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.80
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038077.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038085.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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