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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/4893
Scores
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
20.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
freebsd/freebsd
4.4 release
freebsd/freebsd
4.5 release
Published
Aug 12, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026