CVE-2013-4288

polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Condición de carrera en PolicyKit (también conocida como polkit) permite a usuarios locales evadir restricciones PolicyKit intencionadas y obtener privilegios iniciando un proceso setuid o pkexec antes de que la comproboación de autorización se realice, relacionado con (1) la función de API polkit_unix_process_new, (2) la API dbus, o (3) la opción --process (unix-process) para autorizar a pkcheck.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-06-12 CVE Reserved
2013-09-18 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375	2023-02-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html	2023-02-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html	2023-02-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html	2023-02-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1	2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4288	2013-09-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375	2013-09-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.2"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.3"		-		Affected
Polkit Project Search vendor "Polkit Project"		Polkit Search vendor "Polkit Project" for product "Polkit"				< 0.112.1 Search vendor "Polkit Project" for product "Polkit" and version " < 0.112.1"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				13.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "13.04"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected