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    CVE-2012-5617

    gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

    Published:Nov 25, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 25, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.00095
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Gksu-polkit Project
    Product
    Gksu-polkit

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High