CVE-2002-0754

Published Apr 2, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0746 Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 3:03 AM
Reserved
Jul 25, 2002, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 12, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM