usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1103 usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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 USN Ubuntu USN USN-1963-1 usb-creator vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:25:57.621Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-1063

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-03T21:55:03.663

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

Link: CVE-2013-1063

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