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CVE-2009-0360
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use,…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.69%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- 34260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 252767 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-719-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0426 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1021711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0410 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34449 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1721 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20090211 pam-krb5 security advisory (3.12 and earlier) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-39 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5669 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33740 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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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