VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-6133
CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-01-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory