CVE-2013-1063

Canonical Ubuntu Linux - Access Control

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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 (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54901

Scores

EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 29.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.10
evan_dandrea/usb-creator 0.2.38
evan_dandrea/usb-creator 0.2.38.1
evan_dandrea/usb-creator 0.2.40
evan_dandrea/usb-creator 0.2.47
Published Oct 03, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026