CVE-2002-0755

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Published Apr 2, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:release::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0747	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.446% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php
http://www.osvdb.org/4893
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:03 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 2, 2003, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:03 AM
Reserved: Jul 25, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 12, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

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