CVE-2002-0754 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker with root privileges can regain dropped privileges in FreeBSD's k5su due to improper use of getlogin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-0754?
CVE-2002-0754 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 2 Apr 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0754?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Freebsd Heimdal, Kth Heimdal.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0754?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0754 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2002-0754 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0754 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mggc-5xgm-pg5v.