6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.6%
Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
redhat:policykit | redhat policykit | eq | 0.96 |
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lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922