CVE-2017-7572 in Back In Timeinfo

Summary

The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/<pid>/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.

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Reservation

04/06/2017

Disclosure

04/06/2017

CPE

ready

CVSS

9.0

EPSS

0.00649

Activities

Very Low

Sources

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