CVE-2013-1066

language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority…

published October 3, 2013

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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
0.00375 · 30.2th percentile
Published
2013-10-03T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 21:00Z
    language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority…
    cvelistv5