Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5

CVE-2012-1012

server/server_stubs.c in the kadmin protocol implementation in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10 before 1.10.1 does not properly restrict access to (1) SET_STRING and (2) GET_STRINGS operations, which might allow remote authenticated administrators to modify or read string attributes by leveraging the global list privilege.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-1012: held from 0.012 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1012?
CVE-2012-1012 is a vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-06-07.
Is CVE-2012-1012 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.