CVE-2013-1066

language-selector <0.110.1, 0.90.1, 0.79.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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 (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54911

Scores

EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 29.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.04
ubuntu_developers/language-selector 0.79
ubuntu_developers/language-selector 0.79.1
ubuntu_developers/language-selector 0.79.2
ubuntu_developers/language-selector 0.79.3
ubuntu_developers/language-selector 0.90
ubuntu_developers/language-selector 0.110
Published Oct 03, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026