6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.4%
Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
ubuntu_linux | eq | 13.04 | |
ubuntu_linux | eq | 12.10 | |
ubuntu_linux | eq | 12.4 lts | |
ubuntu_linux | eq | 10.4 lts | |
opensuse | eq | 12.3 | |
opensuse | eq | 12.2 | |
polkit | lt | 0.112.1 | |
enterprise_linux | eq | 6.0 |
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1