CVE-2013-4288

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    CVE-2013-4288

    Published: 3 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4, http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375, http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375

    Affected packages

    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