cvelist/2017/11xxx/CVE-2017-11747.json

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                "value": "main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for tinyproxy.pid modification before a root script executes a \"kill `cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid`\" command."
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                "name": "https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/106",
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                "url": "https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/106"
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            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200331 [SECURITY] [DLA 2163-1] tinyproxy security update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00037.html"
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