CVE-2013-4288

high

Published 2013-10-03 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.2

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
ubuntu	10.04	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	12.10	affected
ubuntu	13.04	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
suse	12.2	affected
suse	12.3	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.105-3+nmu1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.105-3+nmu1`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.105-3+nmu1`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.105-3+nmu1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.105-3+nmu1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
polkit_project	polkit	`{"endExcluding":"0.112.1"}`	`0.112.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-362

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