- 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.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Deferred
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.9
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-362
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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