CVE-2001-0033

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-02-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

KTH Kerberos IV allows local users to change the configuration of a Kerberos server running at an elevated privilege by specifying an alternate directory using with the KRBCONFDIR environmental variable, which allows the user to gain additional privileges.

Affected products

Kth Kerberos: 4
Netbsd: 1.5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0093.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0105.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5738
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0093.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0105.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5738

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