5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-1012
Kerberos 5 Server Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 7, 2012, 7:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 21, 2020, 3:46 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2012-1012 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1012 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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-1012.

URL Resource
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?user=guest&pass=guest&id=7093
http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/changelog/krb5/?cs=25704
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.10/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796438

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

nopc

Shell

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : July 16, 2019, 8:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-1012 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-1012 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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:5-1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2012

    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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.23 }} 0.10%

score

0.61135

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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