Description
Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1
Scores
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
26.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
13.04
opensuse/opensuse
12.2
opensuse/opensuse
12.3
polkit_project/polkit
< 0.112.1
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
Published
Oct 03, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026