CVE-2003-0060

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-02-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerabilities in the logging routines for MIT Kerberos V5 Key Distribution Center (KDC) before 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in Kerberos principal names.

Affected products

MIT Kerberos 5: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000639
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-001-multiple.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/787523
http://www.osvdb.org/4879
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6712
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11189
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000639
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-001-multiple.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/787523
http://www.osvdb.org/4879
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6712
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11189

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