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CVE-2013-4288

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.34%

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

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2013-4288
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.34%

Original NVD Description

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.