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CVE-2006-3084

Published: Aug 9, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-264
NVD MITRE
7.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

heimdalheimdal
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
kerberos 5mit
On-prem
Operating Systems
Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
heimdalcommercialSecurity Productsaka heimdal security
mitoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka mit krb5, mit kerberos
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
ftp.pdc.kth.se
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
fedoranews.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 9, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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