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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:unrealircd:unrealircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.