CVE-2013-1066 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2013-1066 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 03/10/2013 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2013
Source: canonical | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2013-1066 Description

language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).