CVE-2013-1064

apt-xapian-index < 0.45ubuntu2.1 - Local Privilege Escalation via PolkitUnixProcess Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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 (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54914

Scores

EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 30.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu5.1
canonical/apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu7.1
canonical/apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu1 - 0.45ubuntu2.1
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.04
Published Oct 03, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026