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CVE-2002-1235

Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.010.0CriticalEPSS percentile97th15% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) krb5-1.2.6 and earlier, (2) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 4 (eBones) before 1.2.1, and (3) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) before 0.5.1 when compiled with Kerberos 4 support, does not properly verify the length field of a request, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS97th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

15% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 97th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 8644 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Scored 10.0 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
  • Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
  • Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality CompleteAll information is disclosed
  • Integrity CompleteAll data can be modified
  • Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

Sources

References in the record

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