CVE-2013-4161 describes an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5617 in gksu-polkit-0.0.3-6.fc18, affecting Fedora and gksu-polkit projects, where the original security issue remained unaddressed due to an improperly applied patch. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gksu-polkit_project:gksu-polkit:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.