polkit Authorization race condition

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in polkit (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Authorization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.

The weakness was presented 10/03/2013 with Ubuntu as Bug 1002375 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-4288 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75159 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is . The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 390167 (Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for polkit (OVMSA-2019-0008)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (75159). See 57547 and 64989 for similar entries.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 75159
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OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for polkit CESA-2013:1270 centos6
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Advisory: Bug 1002375
Organization: Ubuntu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-4288 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 41597 - PolicyKit pkcheck Tool Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 62499 - HP Linux Imaging and Printing System polkit Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/08/2022 09:49
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (59), 02/26/2018 08:02 (11), 01/08/2022 09:49 (3)
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