Privilege escalation in Mit Krb5-Appl
CVE-2011-1526
ftpd.c in the GSS-API FTP daemon in MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.1 and earlier does not check the krb5_setegid return value, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended group access restrictions, and create, overwrite, delete, or read files, via standard FTP commands, related to missing autoconf tests in a configure script.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (90.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mit Krb5-Appl
- Debian Linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 14, 15
- openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.4
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 10, 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10, 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 10, 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0920.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48101 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-005.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-10/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68398 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/45145 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)