VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5617
gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- gksu-polkit project/gksu-polkit · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617Issue Tracking
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617Issue Tracking
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.