CVE-2013-4288

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-4288
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-10-03T21:55:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:45:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.112.1
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1270
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4288
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4288
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4288
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:19:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 20:00:40 2013-10-03T21:55Z 2013-10-03T21:55:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 20:00:40 2020-11-16T20:11:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 20:00:41 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 17:04:13 2023-02-02T16:15:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 17:04:13 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 17:04:13 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. CVE-2013-4288 polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy Description updated
2023-02-02 17:04:15 References updated
2023-02-13 05:06:02 2023-02-13T04:45:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:06:03 CVE-2013-4288 polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy 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. Description updated