Vulnerability in Martin Pitt Jockey
CVE-2013-1065
backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Martin Pitt Jockey — versions 0.9.7-0ubuntu7, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/54912 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1 (vendor-advisory)
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 (Patch)