FKIE_CVE-2002-0755

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-08-12 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:58
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/4893
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/4893
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freebsd freebsd 4.4
freebsd freebsd 4.5
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  "id": "CVE-2002-0755",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T21:58:04.400",
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