CVE-2013-4288
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-4288 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-10-03 21:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | - | lts | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | - | lts | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 13.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 12.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 12.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Polkit Project | Polkit | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 6.0 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-1953-1: polkit vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:1617-1: moderate: update for hplip | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:1527-1: moderate: update for systemd | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| 1002375 – (CVE-2013-4288) CVE-2013-4288 polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:1528-1: moderate: systemd: bugfix and | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:1620-1: moderate: update for hplip | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| oss-sec: Re: Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit races | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit races | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-4288 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| 1002375 – (CVE-2013-4288) CVE-2013-4288 polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy | MITRE | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 296088 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 9.1.5 Missing (CPUAPR2019)