CVE-2008-3825
Published Oct 3, 2008
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- pam_krb5 2.2.14 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and earlier, when the existing_ticket option is enabled, uses incorrect privileges when reading a Kerberos credential cache, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable to an arbitrary cache filename and running the (1) su or (2) sudo program. NOTE: there may be a related vector involving sshd that has limited relevance.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.4
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Vendor comments
- Red HatThis issue did not affect the version of pam_krb5 shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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