CVE-2017-18240 | BDVDB-2026-98052 Detail

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The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL (when the service is stopped).

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1. Version 12018-03-19Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.