CVE-2011-1485

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 5.25%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-05-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2011-1485

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

6.9

EPSS

5.25%

Original NVD 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.