Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2013-4327 (CCN-87343)

Assigned:2013-09-22
Published:2013-09-22
Updated:2022-01-31
Summary:systemd 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.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
6.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
6.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-362
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2013-4327

Source: CCN
Type: SA54948
systemd PolicyKit UID Checking Race Condition Privilege Escalation Weakness

Source: CCN
Type: PolicyKit Web site
polkit - Gentoo Wiki

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-2777

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-2777
systemd -- several vulnerabilities

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20130918 Re: Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit races

Source: CCN
Type: BID-62503
Ubuntu 'systemd' Package CVE-2013-4327 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Vendor Advisory
USN-1961-1

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1006680
CVE-2013-4327 systemd: insecure calling of polkit

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006680

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
systemd-cve20134327-privilege-escalation(87343)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2013-4327

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 207)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18931
    P
    USN-1961-1 -- systemd vulnerability
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19967
    P
    DSA-2777-1 systemd - several
    2014-06-23
    BACK
    systemd_project systemd *
    debian debian linux 7.0
    canonical ubuntu linux 13.04