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
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.69%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.12
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.6
- 3.7
- 3.8
- 3.9
- 3.10
- 3.11
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the pam_krb5 package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.69% (0.00695) | 51.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.69% (0.00695) | 47.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00127) | 29.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33914 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34260 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34449 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0360 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0360
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0360
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