Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2002-0755 (CCN-9125)

Assigned:2002-05-20
Published:2002-05-20
Updated:2008-09-05
Summary:Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier does not verify that a user is a member of the wheel group before granting superuser privileges, which could allow unauthorized users to execute commands as root.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su
k5su utility does not honor 'wheel' group

Source: FREEBSD
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-02:24

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2002-0755

Source: XF
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
freebsd-k5su-gain-privileges(9125)

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
4893

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 4893
FreeBSD k5su Group Check Failure

Source: BID
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
4777

Source: CCN
Type: BID-4777
FreeBSD k5su Wheel Group Membership Validation Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
freebsd-k5su-gain-privileges(9125)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    freebsd freebsd 4.4 release
    freebsd freebsd 4.5 release
    freebsd freebsd 4.0
    freebsd freebsd 4.4 -
    freebsd freebsd 4.5 -