Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-8885
CVE-2018-8885
Description
screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.
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Affected products
1- Range: =0.17.2
Patches
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References
1- usn.ubuntu.com/3607-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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