Linux pkexec / polkitd 0.96 Race Condition

!/bin/sh pid; if stat procbuf, &statbuf != 0 gseterror error, POLKITERROR, POLKITERRORFAILED, "stat failed for /proc/%d: %s", process-pid, gstrerror errno; goto out; where the code only rely on stat of the pseudo filesystem src/polkit/polkitsubject.c --------- there's not enough validation to run...

PolicyKit polkit-1 0.101 - Local Privilege Escalation

PolicyKit polkit-1 0.101 - Local Privilege Escalation / 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, t...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1485

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...

Race condition

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...

Mandriva Update for polkit MDVSA-2011:086 (polkit)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update

Updated polkit packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

CVE-2011-1485

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...

Linux PolicyKit Race Condition Privilege Escalation

A race condition flaw was found in the PolicyKit pkexec utility and polkitd daemon. A local user could use this flaw to appear as a privileged user to pkexec, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as root by running those commands with pkexec. Those vulnerable include RHEL6 prior to...