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CVE-2013-4324

nvd nist
Published: Oct 3, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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4.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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.

Affected (2)

Spice Gtk
1 product
Enterprise Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 0.14
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 6.0

Related CWEs

References (10)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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