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CVE-2013-1063

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Description

usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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_linuxevan_dandrea:usb-creator

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/54901(security@ubuntu.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1(security@ubuntu.com)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2(security@ubuntu.com)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2(security@ubuntu.com)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1(security@ubuntu.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/54901(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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