CVE-2013-4288

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec…

published October 3, 2013

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00345 · 26.6th percentile
Published
2013-10-03T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 21:00Z
    Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec…
    cvelistv5