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CVE-2013-1061

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Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published10/3/2013

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxmarc_deslauriers:software-properties

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz(security@ubuntu.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/54909(security@ubuntu.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1(security@ubuntu.com)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381(security@ubuntu.com)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5(security@ubuntu.com)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3(security@ubuntu.com)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3(security@ubuntu.com)

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/54909(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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