VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-4324

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-10-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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.

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