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    CVE-2018-8885

    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.

    Published:Mar 28, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 28, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.0004
    CVSS Score:7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Screen-resolution-extra
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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