Is CVE-2011-1485 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-1485 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-1485?

CVE-2011-1485 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-1485?

CVE-2011-1485 has an EPSS score of 5.25% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1485?

Upgrade policykit-1 on debian 11 to 0.101-4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-1485

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl

6.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

policykit-1Debian

Fixed in:0.101-4CVE-2011-1485

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Other references7

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.