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CVE-2002-0754

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2002-08-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.

Affected Platforms

Kth HeimdalFreebsd HeimdalFreebsd Freebsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References