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CVE-2006-3083
The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX,…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges using attacks such as resource exhaustion.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 51 days later
· 51 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (10 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
32
- MDKSA-2006:139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- VU#580124 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200608-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 21461 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21467 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 21436 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21527 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27870 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060808 MITKRB-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 21439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060816 UPDATED: MITKRB5-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21613 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1016664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21456 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200608-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 21423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-334-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 19427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-3080 (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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