CVE-2009-0361
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- eyrie/pam-krb5
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33917Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33918Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1722
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33741
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5403
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5521
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33917Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33918Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.