CVE-2002-0755

Published: Aug 12, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.2

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier does not verify that a user is a member of the wheel group before granting superuser privileges, which could allow unauthorized users to execute commands as root.

Affected (2)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

Freebsd

1 product

Freebsd

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 4.4 release
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 4.5 release

References (8)

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/4893

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/4893

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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