CVE-2013-1062
0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · michael vogt/ubuntu-system-service
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54907Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1962-1Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54907Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1962-1Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.