CVE-2012-5617

HIGHScheduled

Published:Nov 25, 2019(6 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Local AccessNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

Attack Characteristics

Local AccessLow ComplexityLow PrivilegesNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
gksu-polkit_project	gksu-polkit	-	-
fedoraproject	fedora	-	-
fedoraproject	fedora

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Nov 25, 20196 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/...Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/...Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/0...Third Party Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

7.8/ 10.0

HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

gksu-polkit_project / gksu-polkit

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617Issue Tracking

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/...Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/0...Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617Issue Tracking

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617Third Party Advisory

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityHigh

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityHigh

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2012-5617

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description