THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-2442
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2442

Kerberos 5 vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
11.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.
Affected vendor
Mit
Affected product
Kerberos 5
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Published
2007-06-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2442

  • Confirm whether Mit Kerberos 5 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2442.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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