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.
Published: 2011-05-31
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: 7.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2319-1 policykit-1 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1488 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1117-1 PolicyKit vulnerability
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Policykit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.788Z

Reserved: 2011-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1485

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-05-31T20:55:02.313

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-1485

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1485 - Bugzilla

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