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CVE-2009-0361
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.38%
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Description
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% 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 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (20)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5521 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 34260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 252767 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_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
- DSA-1722 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 33918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5403 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
- 33741 (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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