VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-1066

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.38%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2013-10-03

Last modified2026-06-16

Description

language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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.