CVE-2001-0033 — KTH Kerberos IV allows local users to change the configuration of a Kerberos server running at an elevated privilege by specifying an alternate directory using with the KRBCONFDIR environmental variable, which allows the user to gain additional privileges

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KTH Kerberos IV allows local users to change the configuration of a Kerberos server running at an elevated privilege by specifying an alternate directory using with the KRBCONFDIR environmental variable, which allows the user to gain additional privileges

Published May 7, 2001

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.48%

Description

KTH Kerberos IV allows local users to change the configuration of a Kerberos server running at an elevated privilege by specifying an alternate directory using with the KRBCONFDIR environmental variable, which allows the user to gain additional privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.48% 0.00484

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00484

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.48% (0.00484)	39.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.48% (0.00484)	37.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00050)	12.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0093.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0105.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5738
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0093.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0105.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5738		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 7, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 1, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0033

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0033

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0033