6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
32.1%
In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the “start time” protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | linux | < 4.19.16-1 | linux_4.19.16-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | < 4.19.16-1 | linux_4.19.16-1_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | linux | < 4.19.16-1 | linux_4.19.16-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | < 4.19.16-1 | linux_4.19.16-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | < 4.19.16-1 | linux_4.19.16-1_all.deb |
Debian | 12 | all | policykit-1 | < 0.105-25 | policykit-1_0.105-25_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | policykit-1 | < 0.105-25 | policykit-1_0.105-25_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | policykit-1 | < 0.105-25 | policykit-1_0.105-25_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | policykit-1 | < 0.105-25 | policykit-1_0.105-25_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | policykit-1 | < 0.105-25 | policykit-1_0.105-25_all.deb |
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
32.1%