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HistoryJan 14, 2019 - 10:29 p.m.

CVE-2018-16888

2019-01-1422:29:00
Google
osv.dev
12

AI Score

6.2

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable.