Description
libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
Published: 2013-10-03
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4204 libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1954-1 libvirt vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00027}

epss

{'score': 0.00024}


Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Libvirt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.910Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4311

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-03T21:55:04.287

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

Link: CVE-2013-4311

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4311 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses