CVE-2013-4288

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Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privilege

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00046

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Affected Products & Versions

opensuseall versions
polkit project polkit< 0.112.1
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.2

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD03 Oct 2013 · 09:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10356-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10436-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10557-1
rhsaRHSA-2013:1460Important
Show all 10 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-1953-1
rhsaRHSA-2013:1270Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:1282Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:1273Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:1272Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.htmlThird Party Advisory

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1Third Party Advisory

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