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CVE-2010-0014

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0014 describes a vulnerability in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) versions prior to 1.0.1, specifically impacting Fedora Project SSSD. When the Kerberos authentication provider is configured but the KDC is unreachable, physically proximate attackers can authenticate to a workstation's screen-locking program with an arbitrary password if any user has a valid Kerberos TGT. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.7 (Low), indicating a local attack vector with high complexity and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0014Moderate

SSSD accepts any password when offline with a valid TGT available

Jan 11, 2010

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/38160
Vendor Advisory
fedorahosted.org / sssd/wiki/Releases/Notes-1.0.1
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/37747