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CVE-2013-4324

Published: Oct 3, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-264
NVD MITRE
4.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

n/an/a
spice-gtkspice-gtk project
Library
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
CentOSThe CentOS Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
spice-gtk projectoss-projectCloud & SaaSaka spice-gtk
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
the centos projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka centos

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/54947
secunia.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
openwall.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 3, 2013
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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