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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-5617

CVE-2012-5617

Description

gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

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Affected products

2

gksu-polkit/gksu-polkitllm-fuzzy2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: through 2012-12-03

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking

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