CVE-2007-3149 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in sudo when linked with MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5). It allows local users to gain unintended privileges by manipulating KRB5_ environment variables, despite a dispute regarding the attacker's prerequisite access. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.8_p12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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