Unscored severity · published Oct 3, 2013
CVE-2013-1066
language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LA
Language-selector · Ubuntu Developers
0.79; 0.79.1; 0.79.2; 0.79.3; 0.90; 0.110 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 12.10; 13.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1066
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1066
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54911
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
Patch
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1
Patch
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4
Patch
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1
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