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CVE-2000-0514: Mit Kerberos 5: Privilege escalation

CVE-2000-0514 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Mit Kerberos 5. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

GSSFTP FTP daemon in Kerberos 5 1.1.x does not properly restrict access to some FTP commands, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and local users to gain root privileges.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

• Mit Kerberos 5: 1.1; 1.1.1

References

• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/ftp.txt
• http://www.osvdb.org/4885
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1374
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=ldvsnufao18.fsf%40saint-elmos-fire.mit.edu
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4734