4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2013-1061

Published: 03/10/2013 Updated: 29/08/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 prior to 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 prior to 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 prior to 0.82.7.5 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.

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marc deslauriers software-properties 0.92.9

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.4

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.92.17.2

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.3

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.2

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.92.17.1

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.92.17

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.1

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.92.9.2

marc deslauriers software-properties 0.92.9.1

canonical ubuntu linux 12.10

canonical ubuntu linux 13.04

canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

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Software Properties could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations ...