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CVE-2013-1066

N/A
Published: October 3, 2013 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLanguage Selector

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (6)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/54911
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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