CVE-2011-1485
N/A
Published: May 31, 2011 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPolicykit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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