CVE-2011-1485

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.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.03% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922 patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319 vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html patch vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48817 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1485?
CVE-2011-1485 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1485?
To fix CVE-2011-1485, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1485 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1485 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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