CVE-2013-4288 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2013-4288

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to...

Vulnerability 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.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

opensuse, polkit, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
12.2, 12.3, 0, 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 3rd, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.