CVE-2001-0033 — External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores in Kerberos

CWE-454 — External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
KTH KerberosNetbsd
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16
Latest updateApr 30

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

Also affects: Netbsd 1.5

Patches

Patch: archives.neohapsis.com ↗Patch: archives.neohapsis.com ↗Patch: archives.neohapsis.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wcg5-3v2j-2jwv: KTH Kerberos IV allows local users to change the configuration of a Kerberos server running at an elevated privilege by specifying an alternate direct↗2022-04-30
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CVEList
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 direct↗2001-05-07
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📐Framework References

1
CWE
External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores↗
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