CVE-2013-1061 (GCVE-0-2013-1061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-03 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:49
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Summary
dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.
Severity
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CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2013-09-18 00:00
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