Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.939Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4288

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-03T21:55:04.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:55:17.133

Link: CVE-2013-4288

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4288 - Bugzilla