CVE-2013-1061 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Software Properties versions 0.92.17, 0.92.9, and 0.82.7. The flaw stems from improper D-Bus communication with a polkit authority, allowing local users to bypass access restrictions through a race condition involving PolkitUnixProcess and PolkitSubject. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.82.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.82.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.82.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.82.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.82.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marc_deslauriers:software-properties:0.82.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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