CVE - CVE-2013-4288

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-4288	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:RHSA-2013:1270 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html MISC:RHSA-2013:1460 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html MISC:USN-1953-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20130918 Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit races URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4 MISC:[oss-security] 20130918 Re: Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit races URL:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626 MISC:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:1527 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:1528 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:1617 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:1620 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130612	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130612)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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