CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0755

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The lack of verification for wheel group membership poses a risk that unauthorized users may gain administrative privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version that addresses this verification issue and to restrict access to the su command to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS