CVE-2019-2389 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-2389

Process termination via PID file manipulation

Vulnerability Description

Incorrect scoping of kill operations in MongoDB Server's packaged SysV init scripts allow users with write access to the PID file to insert arbitrary PIDs to be killed when the root user stops the MongoDB process via SysV init. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14; MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.22.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Sicheng Liu of Beijing DBSEC Technology Co., Ltd

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Affected Vendor

MongoDB Inc.

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Affected Software

MongoDB Server
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0, 3.6, 3.4

Timeline

Official Publish: August 30th, 2019
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion