{
  "cveId": "CVE-2017-11747",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11747",
  "summary": "CVE-2017-11747 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by tinyproxy 1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1, released July 30, 2017. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "tinyproxy: main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-...",
  "description": "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 \u0022kill \u0060cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid\u0060\u0022 command.",
  "published": "2017-07-30T09:29:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "epss": 0.00292,
  "epssPercentile": 0.21875,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "tinyproxy",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
      "fix": "tinyproxy 1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-tinyproxy-1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1-esm1",
      "released": "2017-07-30T09:29:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "tinyproxy-bin",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
      "fix": "tinyproxy-bin 1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-tinyproxy-bin-1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1-esm1",
      "released": "2017-07-30T09:29:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T12:40:37Z"
}