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CVE-2013-1061

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-10-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2013-1061
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD Description

dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.