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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, 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.

    Published:Feb 13, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Feb 13, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.0025
    CVSS Score:6.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Eyrie
    Product
    Pam-krb5

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8303

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/33914
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33917
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
    http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33914
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33917
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
    http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732

    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