4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2013-1063

Published: 03/10/2013 Updated: 04/10/2013
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

usb-creator 0.2.47 prior to 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 prior to 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 prior to 0.2.38.2 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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