Vulnerability Details CVE-2013-1061
dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 19.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3
Products affected by CVE-2013-1061
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.92.17
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.92.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.92.17.2
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.92.9
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.92.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.92.9.2
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04