Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.788Z

Reserved: 2011-03-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1485

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-05-31T20:55:02.313

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

Link: CVE-2011-1485

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1485 - Bugzilla

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