DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4288

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4288

    Published: 3 Oct 2013Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4288

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4288

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: policykit-1

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.105-3+nmu1

    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
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