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CVE-2013-1064

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.38%

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

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CVE
CVE-2013-1064
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.38%
Ubuntu

Original NVD Description

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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.