HIGH
Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier does not verify that a user is a member of the wheel group before granting superuser privileges, which could allow unauthorized users to execute commands as root
Published Apr 2, 2003
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier does not verify that a user is a member of the wheel group before granting superuser privileges, which could allow unauthorized users to execute commands as root.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.45% 0.00446
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00446
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 36.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 35.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 18.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 26.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 24.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 22.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/4893 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/4893 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 2, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 25, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0755
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a