CVE-2009-0361
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0365)
- Published
- February 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0365 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33914(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33917(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33918(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1722
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33741
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5403
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5521
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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