CVE-2014-5033

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-03-24

Description

It was found that polkit-qt handled authorization requests with PolicyKit via a D-Bus API that is vulnerable to a race condition. A local user could use this flaw to bypass intended PolicyKit authorizations.

See more information about CVE-2014-5033 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (polkit-qt)	ELSA-2014-1359	2014-10-06

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