Is CVE-2013-4288 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-4288 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-4288?

CVE-2013-4288 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-4288?

CVE-2013-4288 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4288?

Upgrade policykit-1 on debian 11 to 0.105-3+nmu1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-4288

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

policykit-1Debian

Fixed in:0.105-3+nmu1CVE-2013-4288

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

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory9

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CVE-2024-6387	High	8.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-36884	High	7.5	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-15473	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0226	Medium	6.8	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	KEV	Fix

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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.