CVE-2011-1485

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1485
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-31 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Policykit 0.96 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:086 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: polkit-0.98-5.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Patch
PolicyKit Pwnage linux local privilege escalation on polkit-1 <= 0.101 - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PolicyKit: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
USN-1117-1: PolicyKit vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 692922 – CVE-2011-1485 polkitd/pkexec vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2319-1 policykit-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: polkit-0.101-5.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Patch
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