Vulnerability in Michael Vogt Ubuntu-System-Service
CVE-2013-1062
ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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.
EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Michael_vogt Ubuntu-system-service — versions 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.4
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)