The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX,…

Description

The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges using attacks such as resource exhaustion.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (32)

• MDKSA-2006:139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• VU#580124 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 21847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• GLSA-200608-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 21461 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21467 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 21436 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 21527 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27870 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20060808 MITKRB-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 21439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20060816 UPDATED: MITKRB5-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 21613 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1016664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 21441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21456 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200608-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 21423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-334-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 19427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:16 UTC.