CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-0361

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libpam-krb5Debian
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0361
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0361
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0361
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0361

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days
30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

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