CVE-2018-1116

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Publication date:

10/07/2018

Last modified:

17/06/2026

Description

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

4.40

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 3.60 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0

3.60

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit::::::::		0.115 (excluding)

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CVE-2018-1116

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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