CVE-2013-4326 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in RealtimeKit (rtkit) versions 0.5 and earlier, affecting products like Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The flaw stems from improper D-Bus communication with a polkit authority, enabling local users to bypass access restrictions through a race condition involving setuid or pkexec processes. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:rkit:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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