CVE-2019-6133 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in PolicyKit (polkit) version 0.115, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. The flaw allows for a bypass of the "start time" protection mechanism due to a non-atomic fork() operation and a lack of UID checking, leading to improper caching of authorization decisions. This local vulnerability (AV:L) has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) but requires high attack complexity (AC:H) and user interaction (UI:R). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, with its EPSS score indicating a very low likelihood of exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.115CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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