server/server_stubs.c in the kadmin protocol implementation in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10 before 1.10.1 does not properly restrict access to (1) SET_STRING and (2) GET_STRINGS operations, which might allow remote authenticated administrators to modify or read string attributes by leveraging the global list privilege.
CVE-2012-1012 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from mit organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-06-07T19:55:07.757
2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Modified
CVSSv2: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
8.0
4.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | mit | kerberos_5 | 1.10 | Yes |
| Application | mit | kerberos_5 | 1.10.1 | Yes |
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