CVE-2002-0754
Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.
Published:Aug 12, 2002
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Apr 2, 2003
EPSS Score:0.00151
CVSS Score:7.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Freebsd
Product
Freebsd
Freebsd
Freebsd
Vendor
Freebsd
Product
Heimdal
Freebsd
Heimdal
Vendor
Kth
Product
Heimdal
Kth
Heimdal
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
