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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 52nd percentile

Published

2009-02-13

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8303

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33914
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33917
• http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry