spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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: redhat

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.982Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-4324

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-03T21:55:04.397

Modified: 2019-06-17T13:55:51.530

Link: CVE-2013-4324

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2013-4324 - Bugzilla