Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 31, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2011-1485
CVE-2011-1485
Description
Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.htmlnvdPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.htmlnvdPatch
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/48817nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8424nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.htmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1nvd
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