HIGH
krb5 kadmind uninitialized pointer
Published Sep 5, 2007
8.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.14%
Description
The kadm5_modify_policy_internal function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_policy.c in the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.2 does not properly check return values when the policy does not exist, which might allow remote authenticated users with the "modify policy" privilege to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a write to an uninitialized pointer.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 1.5 · ≤ 1.6.2
Configuration 2
- 7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
krb5-0:1.5-29
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0858
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | krb5-0:1.5-29 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0858 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
8.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
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.
6.14% 0.06139
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06139
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 (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.14% (0.06139) | 93.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.14% (0.06139) | 92.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 30.36% (0.30360) | 96.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 23.83% (0.23834) | 95.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 30.11% (0.30111) | 96.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 32.37% (0.32370) | 96.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 29.58% (0.29582) | 96.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 9, 2025 | 15.05% (0.15052) | 94.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 9, 2025 | 10.43% (0.10426) | 92.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 6, 2025 | 7.95% (0.07955) | 91.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.11% (0.09108) | 91.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 17.25% (0.17249) | 91.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 9.11% (0.09108) | 91.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 15.12% (0.15121) | 93.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.34% (0.07343) | 91.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 70.11% (0.70108) | 98.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 31.79% (0.31791) | 97.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 31.64% (0.31638) | 97.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 33.76% (0.33756) | 96.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 7, 2024 | 12.98% (0.12979) | 95.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.00% (0.09003) | 93.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.09% (0.09085) | 94.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.09% (0.09085) | 93.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.09% (0.09085) | 86.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (25)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26676 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26680 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26700 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26728 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26783 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3092 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONBroken Link
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-006.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/377544 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:174 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0858.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478794/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25533 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018647 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3051 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4000 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250976 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36438 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFBroken LinkVDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1696 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4000
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9278 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4000
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00087.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 5, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 25, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4000
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a