CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-4324

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
spice-gtkDebian
Fixed in:0.21-0nocelt1CVE-2013-4324
Fixed in:0.21-0nocelt1CVE-2013-4324
Fixed in:0.21-0nocelt1CVE-2013-4324
Fixed in:0.21-0nocelt1CVE-2013-4324

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

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days
30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2012-1456Medium4.3100%--
CVE-2012-1459Medium4.3100%-Fix
CVE-2012-1446Medium4.3100%--
CVE-2012-1443Medium4.3100%--
CVE-2012-1442Medium4.399%--
CVE-2012-1457Medium4.398%-Fix
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