CVE-2013-4327
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.9
Description
systemd does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, 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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 204-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 204-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 204-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 204-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 204-5 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| systemd_project | systemd | {"endIncluding":"207"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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