CVE-2006-3084: heimdal
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-3084 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in heimdal. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 09-08-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.50%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
43%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.50% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- krb5< 1.4.3-9
Heimdal1 product
- heimdal≤ 0.7.2
Mit1 product
- kerberos_51.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.5
3 vendors · 3 products
References
25 links- web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txtX Refsource CONFIRM
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- www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/X Refsource CONFIRM