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CVE-2001-0033
KTH Kerberos IV allows local users to change the configuration of a Kerberos server running at an elevated privilege by specifying an…
High7.2EPSS 0.48%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
KTH Kerberos IV allows local users to change the configuration of a Kerberos server running at an elevated privilege by specifying an alternate directory using with the KRBCONFDIR environmental variable, which allows the user to gain additional privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 58% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20001208 Vulnerabilities in KTH Kerberos IV (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- kerberos4-user-config(5738) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20001210 KTH upgrade and FIX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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