Description
The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/<pid>/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.
Published: 2017-04-06
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16577 The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/<pid>/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:32:59.625Z

Reserved: 2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7572

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-06T18:59:00.353

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7572

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