CVE-2013-1061
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-264
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54909Advisory
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381