CVE detail
CVE-2008-3825 — CVE-2008-3825
Published 2008-10-03 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor redhat · Product enterprise_linux · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0035
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
28.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
Description
pam_krb5 2.2.14 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and earlier, when the existing_ticket option is enabled, uses incorrect privileges when reading a Kerberos credential cache, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable to an arbitrary cache filename and running the (1) su or (2) sudo program. NOTE: there may be a related vector involving sshd that has limited relevance.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References