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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-1063

CVE-2013-1063

Description

usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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.

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Affected products

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  • Evan Dandrea/USB Creator4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.2.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.2.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.2.38.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.2.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/usb-creatorllm-create
    Range: <0.2.47.1, <0.2.40ubuntu2, <0.2.38.2

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