CVE-2012-5617

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5617
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-25 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-02 13:35:00 UTC
Descriptiongksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Application Gksu-polkit Project Gksu-polkit - All All All
Application Linux-aarhus Gksu-polkit - All All All
Application Linux-aarhus Gksu-polkit - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2012-5617: gksu-polkit privileged code execution with unprivileged credentials MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: gksu-polkit-0.0.3-6.fc18 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
883162 – (CVE-2012-5617) CVE-2012-5617 gksu-polkit: privilege escalation due to improper authentication settings in policykit configuration file MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Malformed Request MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2012-5617 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: gksu-polkit-0.0.3-8.gitf8ce834c.fc18 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: gksu-polkit-0.0.3-8.gitf8ce834c.fc19 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
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