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CVE-2009-0361

Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.

Published

2009-02-13T17:30:00.687

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application eyrie pam-krb5 ≤ 3.12 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