VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1485

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-05-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references