CVE-2013-4288
EPSS 0.05%
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.
How to fix CVE-2013-4288
To remediate CVE-2013-4288, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/policykit-1—upgrade to 0.105-3+nmu1 or later
Is CVE-2013-4288 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.105-3+nmu1