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CRITICAL
CVE-2007-5972
MIT Kerberos 5 Double Free Vulnerability
Description

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 6, 2007, 2:46 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 21, 2020, 3:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5972 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mit kerberos_5

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.84 }} 0.17%

score

0.82710

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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