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

EPSS: 0.052 (91.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.