| CVE-2017-12847 | Date: (C)2017-08-24 (M)2023-12-22 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.3 | CVSS Score : 6.3 |
| Exploit Score: 1.0 | Exploit Score: 3.4 |
| Impact Score: 5.2 | Impact Score: 9.2 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity: HIGH | Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: COMPLETE |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: HIGH | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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