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CVE-2017-11746 json

Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary proc…

published 2017-07-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-3356

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.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 tenshi.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/tenshi.pid`" command.

Patch / fix

  • tenshi Debian 13, Debian 12 0.13-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11746

  • tenshi Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.13-2+deb7u1~build0.14.04.1
  • tenshi Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.13-2+deb7u1~build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11746

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

Sources

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