Vulnerability in Ubuntu Developers Language-Selector
CVE-2013-1066
language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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 (29.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% 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
- Ubuntu Developers Language-Selector — versions 0.79, 0.79.1, 0.79.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1 (Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379 (vdb-entry)
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1 (Patch)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4 (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/54911 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)