Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2013-4161 (CCN-174784)

Assigned:2013-07-23
Published:2013-07-23
Updated:2021-06-02
Summary:gksu-polkit-0.0.3-6.fc18 was reported as fixing the issue in CVE-2012-5617 but the patch was improperly applied and it did not fixed the security issue.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.6 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-269
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2013-4161

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html

Source: MISC
Type: Broken Link
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4161

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 987561
(CVE-2013-4161) - CVE-2013-4161 gksu-polkit: improper patching of CVE-2012-5617

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4161

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gksupolkit-cve20134161-priv-esc(174784)

Source: CCN
Type: gksu-polkit GIT Repository
gksu-polkit

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4161

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gksu-polkit_project:gksu-polkit:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20134161000
    V
    		CVE-2013-4161 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2013-12-31
    BACK
    gksu-polkit_project gksu-polkit 0.0.3
    fedoraproject fedora 18
    fedoraproject fedora 19