CVE-2013-4288
EPSS 0.05%Published: 10/3/2013Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/policykit-1from 0, < 0.105-3+nmu1