Vulnerability in Evan Dandrea Usb-Creator
CVE-2013-1063
usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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 (30.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Evan_dandrea Usb-creator — versions 0.2.38, 0.2.38.1, 0.2.40
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)