dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2013-10-03T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:49:20.519Z

Reserved: 2013-01-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-1061

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-03T21:55:03.490

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-1061

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