Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0360 is rated Exploit Available (56.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8303 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-03-29 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-05 | 0.23% | 0.25% | +0.02% |
| 2 | 2026-02-13 | 0.25% | 0.23% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2026-01-29 | — | 0.25% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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1.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2009-0360 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libpam-krb5), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0360 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2009-0360: 2 GLSA(s) (200903-39, 201412-08), 27 atom(s) (app-antivirus/bitdefender-console, app-arch/gzip, …); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-0360 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0360 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2009-0360 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libpam-krb5), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0360 |
: Per vendor advisory: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html "This advisory is only for my pam-krb5 module, as distributed from my web site and packaged by Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo."
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the pam_krb5 package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | <= 3.12 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.6 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.7 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.8 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.10 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| eyrie | pam-krb5 | 3.11 | cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |