CVE-2001-0033 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in KTH Kerberos IV, affecting KTH Kerberos and NetBSD systems. A local user can manipulate the KRBCONFDIR environmental variable to specify an alternate configuration directory, allowing them to modify a Kerberos server running with elevated privileges and gain additional access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kth:kth_kerberos:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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