DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1485

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1485

    Published: 31 May 2011Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-1485

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1485

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: policykit-1

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.101-4

    Affected versions

    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