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
5.3%
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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 10.04 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.96-2ubuntu0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.104-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.104-2ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |