CVE-2006-3084

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: none known
Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues.

Affected products

heimdal: through 0.7.2
MIT Kerberos 5: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5

References

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664

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