FKIE_CVE-2013-1063
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-10-03 21:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 13.10 | |
| evan_dandrea | usb-creator | 0.2.38 | |
| evan_dandrea | usb-creator | 0.2.38.1 | |
| evan_dandrea | usb-creator | 0.2.40 | |
| evan_dandrea | usb-creator | 0.2.47 |
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