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Unscored CVE-2013-1065 EUVD-2013-1105GHSA-pf27-g8mf-ccwq

backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local use…

Published Oct 3, 2013 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by canonical

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backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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.

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