Vulnerability Details CVE-2013-4324
spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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 20.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00031.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1273.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54947
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62538
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00031.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1273.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54947
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62538
Products affected by CVE-2013-4324
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cpe:2.3:a:spice-gtk_project:spice-gtk:0.14
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0