Vulnerability in Red Hat Policykit
CVE-2011-1485
Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.052 (92.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.052 · newest: 0.052 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Policykit — versions 0.96
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319 (vendor-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8424 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48817 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1485?
- CVE-2011-1485 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Policykit, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). Published 2011-05-31.
- Is CVE-2011-1485 known to be exploited?
- 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.