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CVE-2009-0360

Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.

Published

2009-02-13T17:30:00.640

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-287
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application eyrie pam-krb5 ≤ 3.12 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 2.0 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 2.1 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 2.2 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 2.3 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 2.4 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 2.5 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 2.6 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.0 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.1 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.2 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.3 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.4 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.5 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.6 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.7 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.8 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.9 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.10 Yes
Application eyrie pam-krb5 3.11 Yes
References