CWE Code: 665
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  Improper Initialization
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2017-08-23
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-03