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CVE-2013-1064

Date: October 3, 2013

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1064
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/54914
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-1064

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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