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High
CVE-2012-5617
gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation...
Vulnerability Description
gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918
Affected Vendor
gksu-polkit
View all reports →Affected Software
gksu-polkit
Vulnerable Versions:
through 2012-12-03
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 25th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.