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CVE-2013-4288 (GCVE-0-2013-4288)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-03 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2013-09-18 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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