CVE-2013-4326
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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
02 Description
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-10-03 21:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e77c7bbd03864d922fe3708dc92b9ad2daabdc803adcf4a76fac67b6d0114ea7
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1597http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1282http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130918 Re: Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit raceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1548http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rtkit Fixed in 0.10-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rtkit Fixed in 0.10-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rtkit Fixed in 0.10-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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