CVE-2013-1062
published 2013-10-03CVE-2013-1062: ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit…
PriorityP415medium4.6CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
0.36%
28.5th percentile
ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| michael_vogt | ubuntu-system-service | — | — |
| michael_vogt | ubuntu-system-service | — | — |
| michael_vogt | ubuntu-system-service | — | — |
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GHSA
GHSA-gq7p-4c9q-2h5w: ubuntu-system-service 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2013-1062 [HIGH] GHSA-gq7p-4c9q-2h5w: ubuntu-system-service 0
ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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.
Ubuntu
ubuntu-system-service vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2013-09-18
CVE-2013-1062 ubuntu-system-service vulnerability
Title: ubuntu-system-service vulnerability
Summary: ubuntu-system-service could be tricked into bypassing polkit
authorizations.
It was discovered that ubuntu-system-service was using polkit in an unsafe
manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended
polkit authorizations.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2013-10-03
Published