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CVE-2019-6133

Published: Jan 11, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-362
6.7MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 63.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
PolkitOn-premLibrary
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
polkit project
oss-projectaka polkit project (ambiguous spelling), polkit
polkitMixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Common EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/c898fdf4b1aafaa04f8ada9d73d77c8bb76e2f81
gitlab.freedesktop.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-2/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0230
access.redhat.com
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