01 Record
CVE-2008-3825
pam_krb5 2.2.14 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and earlier, when the existing_ticket option is enabled, uses incorrect privileges when reading a Kerberos credential cache, which allows local
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
pam_krb5 2.2.14 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and earlier, when the existing_ticket option is enabled, uses incorrect privileges when reading a Kerberos credential cache, which allows local
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-03 15:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 854c542310c91200ca6e9f0b86341898e64d02df011b7f794a3d8b00ad5cefbf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461960
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compamkrb5-existingticket-privilege-escalation(45635)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45635
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0907http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0907.html
- www.securitytracker.com1020978http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020978
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:209http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:209
- secunia.com32135http://secunia.com/advisories/32135
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:027http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- secunia.com43314http://secunia.com/advisories/43314
- secunia.com32119http://secunia.com/advisories/32119
- secunia.com32174http://secunia.com/advisories/32174
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8605https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00150.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8618https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00166.html
- www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10923https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10923
- www.securityfocus.com31534http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31534