Vulnerability in Lennart Poettering Rkit
CVE-2013-4326
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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.
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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 (28.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.9% 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
- Lennart Poettering Rkit — versions 0.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6 (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-4326?
- CVE-2013-4326 is a vulnerability in Lennart Poettering Rkit, classified under CWE-264. Published 2013-10-03.
- Is CVE-2013-4326 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.