CVE-2013-1065 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting backend.py in Jockey before version 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11, as well as Canonical and Martin Pitt's Ubuntu Linux distributions. It arises from improper D-Bus usage for Polkit authority communication, allowing local users to bypass access restrictions via a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition through setuid or pkexec processes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:martin_pitt:jockey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7-0ubuntu7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:martin_pitt:jockey:0.9.7-0ubuntu7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:martin_pitt:jockey:0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:martin_pitt:jockey:0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:martin_pitt:jockey:0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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