Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-4288
CVE-2013-4288
Description
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
10- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1nvdThird Party Advisory
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