CVE-2017-7572

The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/<pid>/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2017-7572

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2017-04-06T18:59:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2017-04-12T20:48:02

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• COMPLETE

• Integrity Impact
• COMPLETE

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 9.3

• Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 10

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 8.1

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 2.2

• Impact Score
• 5.9