CVE-2013-1063 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting usb-creator versions before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38.2 on Canonical and Evan Dandrea Ubuntu Linux distributions. It stems from improper D-Bus communication with a polkit authority, allowing local users to bypass access restrictions through a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.2.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.38.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.2.38.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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