CVE-2009-0360
Russ Allbery Pam-Kerberos Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 13, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
1.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33914 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33917 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34260 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34449 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721 Added Reference http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5669 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5732 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-0360 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-0360
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.13 }} -0.02%
score
0.28894
percentile