spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority...

4.6 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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.

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

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Medium 6.5

Affected Vendor

spice-gtk project

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Affected Software

spice-gtk, enterprise linux

Vulnerable Versions:

0.14, 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.