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CVE-2013-4288 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
opensuse opensuse
12.2
12.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
polkit project polkit
< 0.112.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
10.04 -
12.04 -
12.10
13.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4288
NVD Published Date:
Oct 3, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]