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CVE-2012-5617

gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

Published

2019-11-25T14:15:11.490

Last Modified

2024-11-21T01:44:58.953

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-269

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gksu-polkit_project	gksu-polkit	-	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	18	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	19	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)