CVE-2013-1061

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…

published October 3, 2013

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00361 · 28.7th percentile
Published
2013-10-03T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 21:00Z
    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…
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