CVE-2002-0755

N/A Unknown
Published: August 12, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/4893
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/4893
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
21th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

freebsd