CVE-2009-0360 : Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries

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 2009-02-13 17:30:01

Updated 2018-10-11 21:01:25

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: BypassGain privilege

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0360

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-0360

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
6.2	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	1.9	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: High Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

CWE ids for CVE-2009-0360

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-0360

Red Hat 2009-02-13

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the pam_krb5 package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References for CVE-2009-0360

Products affected by CVE-2009-0360