Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0755

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.

Affected products

FreeBSD/k5sullm-fuzzy
Range: <=4.5
FreeBSD/FreeBSD2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:24.k5su.ascnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.iss.net/security_center/static/9125.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/4777nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/4893nvd

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