4889 : KTH Kerberos 4 KRBCONFDIR Alternate Directory Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2000-12-08

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2001-0033" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Products

OpenBSD

2.8

References

CVE ID: 2001-0033 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 2092
ISS X-Force ID: 5738
CERT VU: 602625
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0093.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.openbsd.org/errata28.html#kerberos
Vendor URL: http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/

Credit

Jouko Pynnonen - joukoiki.fi - Personal Page

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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