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CVE-2017-13649

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13649 affects UnrealIRCd 4.0.13 and earlier, where a PID file is created after dropping privileges, potentially allowing a local non-root user to kill arbitrary processes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and privilege requirement, with a high impact on availability. While the vendor notes no common scenario for exploitation, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:unrealircd:unrealircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.unrealircd.org / view.php
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100507
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry