CVE-2017-11747
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.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 tinyproxy.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid`" command.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
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affected products (2)
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/106cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00037.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/106enisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00037.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/106Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00037.htmlnvd
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