CVE-2013-1063

usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2013-10-03

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Usb-creator (Evan Dandrea)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/54901
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1