Vulnerability in Polkit Project
CVE-2013-4288
Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Polkit Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
- openSUSE — versions 12.2, 12.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-4288?
- CVE-2013-4288 is a vulnerability in Polkit Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). Published 2013-10-03.
- Is CVE-2013-4288 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.