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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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) 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
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · evan dandrea/usb-creator
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54901Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54901Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.