CVE-2017-12847

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.

CVE ID:

CVE-2017-12847

Published:

2017-08-23

Modified:

2026-05-13

CVSS Score:

6.3

Severity:

MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H