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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2013-1062

CVE-2013-1062

Description

ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

Affected products

7
  • Michael Vogt/Ubuntu System Service4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:michael_vogt:ubuntu-system-service:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:michael_vogt:ubuntu-system-service:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:michael_vogt:ubuntu-system-service:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:michael_vogt:ubuntu-system-service:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <0.2.4.1
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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