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Vulnerability · CVE-2002-1235

Kerberos v4compatibility Administration Daemon (kadmind4) Remote Code Execution

Published Oct 22, 2002 · catalog updated Oct 22, 2002 · Kerberos v4compatibility Administration Daemon

Patch now

CVE-2002-1235 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Kerberos v4compatibility Administration Daemon against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Kerberos v4compatibility Administration Daemon).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
15.10%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated kth_kerberos_4 · vendor kth kth_kerberos_4

The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) krb5-1.2.6 and earlier, (2) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 4 (eBones) before 1.2.1, and (3) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) before 0.5.1 when compiled with Kerberos 4 support, does not properly verify the length field of a request, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.

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  • stated kth_kerberos_4<= 1.2.6
  • vendor kth kth_kerberos_4version unspecified

How to fix CVE-2002-1235

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2002-1235 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Kerberos v4compatibility Administration Daemon against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 1.2.6. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 15.10%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 22, 2002 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) krb5-1.2.6 and earlier, (2) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 4 (eBones) before 1.2.1, and (3) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) before 0.5.1 when compiled with Kerberos 4 support, does not properly verify the length field of a request, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitra

  2. Oct 22, 2002 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2002-1235

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2002-1235

    30-day exploitation probability 15.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2002-1235

    The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) krb5-1.2.6 and earlier, (2) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 4 (eBones) before 1.2.1, and (3) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) before 0.5.1 when compiled with Kerb

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.