CVE-2013-4327
N/A
Published: October 3, 2013 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxSystemd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
systemd 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006680Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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