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CVE-2002-0754

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-08-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2002-0754
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.39%

Original NVD 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.