CVE-2017-14681 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in P3Scan 3.0_rc1 and earlier. A local attacker with low privileges could manipulate the p3scan.pid file, potentially allowing them to terminate arbitrary processes when a root script executes a kill command based on the file's content. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:p3scan_project:p3scan:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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