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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-14610

CVE-2017-14610

Description

bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create 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.

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Affected products

5
  • Bareftp/Bareos3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:bareos:bareos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:bareos:bareos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=16.2.6
    • (no CPE)range: <=16.2.6
    • (no CPE)range: <=16.2.6
  • Bareftp/bareos-fdllm-create
    Range: <=16.2.6
  • Bareftp/bareos-sdllm-create
    Range: <=16.2.6

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