7.2

CVE-2002-0754: freebsd

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
Published 02-04-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0754 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in freebsd. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-04-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Freebsd2 products
  • freebsdEOL4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.1:release | 4.1.1:stable | 4.2 | 4.2:stable | 4.3 | 4.3:release | 4.3:stable | 4.4
  • heimdal0.4e
Kth1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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