CVE-2013-1061
EPSS 0.36%
Description
dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.
How to fix CVE-2013-1061
To remediate CVE-2013-1061, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/software-properties—upgrade to 0.92.18 or later
Is CVE-2013-1061 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.92.18