CVE-2009-0360 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain privileges by manipulating environment variables to load a modified Kerberos configuration in setuid applications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2009-0360?

CVE-2009-0360 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0360?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Eyrie Pam-Krb5.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0360?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-0360 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-0360 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0360, GHSA-56h7-99r3-xgmr.

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