CVE-2016-2568

pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer...

Red Hat PolicyKit pkexec Command Execution Vulnerability

Red Hat PolicyKit is a tool from Red Hat for privilege control of applications on Unix-compatible systems. A security vulnerability exists in the pkexec command in Red Hat PolicyKit 0.113 and earlier versions. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with user...

openSUSE Security Update : polkit (openSUSE-2015-711)

polkit was updated to the 0.113 release, fixing security issues and bugs. Security issues fixed : - Fixes CVE-2015-4625, a local privilege escalation due to predictable authentication session cookie values. Thanks to Tavis Ormandy, Google Project Zero for reporting this issue. For the future,...

Race condition

KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2 pkexec process, related to...

CVE-2014-5033

KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2 pkexec process, related to...

PolicyKit polkit-1 <= 0.101- linux local privilege escalation

No description provided by source. / polkit-pwnage.c ============================== = PolicyKit Pwnage = = by zx2c4 = = Sept 2, 2011 = ============================== Howdy folks, This exploits CVE-2011-1485, a race condition in PolicyKit. davidz25 explains: --begin-- Briefly, the problem is that...

pkexec Race Condition Privilege Escalation Exploit

No description provided by source. / Exploit Title: pkexec Race condition CVE-2011-1485 exploit Author: xi4oyu Tested on: rhel 6 CVE : 2011-1485 Linux pkexec exploit by xi4oyu , thx [email protected] Have fun �� U can reach us @ http://www.wooyun.org : / include include include include include include...

GLSA-201406-27 : polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-27 polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation polkit has a race condition which potentially allows a process to change its UID/EUID via suid or pkexec before authentication is completed. Impact : A loc...

polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation

Background polkit is a toolkit for managing policies relating to unprivileged processes communicating with privileged processes. Description polkit has a race condition which potentially allows a process to change its UID/EUID via suid or pkexec before authentication is completed. Impact A local...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4288

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 polkitunixprocessnew API function, 2 the dbus API, or 3 the --process...

CVE-2013-4288

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 polkitunixprocessnew API function, 2 the dbus API, or 3 the --process...

CVE-2013-4311

libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a 1 setuid process or 2 pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288...

CVE-2013-1064

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2...

CVE-2013-1064

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2...

Race condition

systemd does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2 pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288...

Race condition

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 polkitunixprocessnew API function, 2 the dbus API, or 3 the --process...

Race condition

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkitunixprocessnew API function, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2 pkexec process...

CVE-2013-4324

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkitunixprocessnew API function, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2 pkexec process...

CVE-2013-1063

usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1...

CVE-2013-4327

systemd does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2 pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288...