CVE-2009-0360
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use,…
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.69%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 47% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- pam-krb5 < 3.13 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8303local, linuxpublished 29 Mar 2009Verified
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Timeline
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- 15 days later
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References18
- 34260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 252767 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-719-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0426 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1021711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0410 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34449 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1721 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20090211 pam-krb5 security advisory (3.12 and earlier) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-39 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5669 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33740 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2009-0364 (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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