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CVE-2017-18284
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-04T06:29:00.217 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:12:32.913

Summary

The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 sets the ownership of the PID file directory to the burp account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL.

Affected products

burp_project — burp

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References

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