CVE-2013-1062

ubuntu-system-service 0.2.2-0.2.4 - Local Privilege Escalation via PolkitUnixProcess Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1962-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54907

Scores

EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 28.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.04
michael_vogt/ubuntu-system-service 0.2.2
michael_vogt/ubuntu-system-service 0.2.3
michael_vogt/ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4
Published Oct 03, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026