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CVE-2001-0417

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Kerberos 4 (aka krb4) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on new ticket files.

Affected products

• MIT Kerberos: 4
• MIT Kerberos 5: 1.5.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0078.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-025.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0078.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-025.html

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