CVE-2018-1116CWE-285

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116

Medium · published July 10, 2018

CVSS v3.0
4.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
67.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01196 · 67.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
Published
2018-07-10T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JUL 19:00Z
    A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116
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