screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-20493 screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3607-1 Screen Resolution Extra vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:10:46.961Z

Reserved: 2018-03-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8885

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-28T20:29:00.397

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:14:31.680

Link: CVE-2018-8885

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