>> Kerberos V5 "setuid()" and "seteuid()" Calls Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Title : Kerberos V5 "setuid()" and "seteuid()" Calls Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3225 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3083 - CVE-2006-3084
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-08-09
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Kerberos V5, which could be exploited by malicious users to bypass security restrictions and obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to errors in the "krshd" and "v4rcp" applications that do not check the return code of "setuid()" and "seteuid()" calls, which could be exploited by local attackers to disclose or manipulate arbitrary files and execute commands with root privileges.
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