CVE-2003-0059 describes an unknown vulnerability in the libkrb5 library of MIT Kerberos V5, specifically affecting versions prior to 1.2.5. This flaw allows attackers from one Kerberos realm to impersonate users in other realms if those realms share identical inter-realm keys. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is rated as high severity, indicating that it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit codes like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting ongoing interest despite its age.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.