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CVE-2013-4311

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
03/10/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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