4.6

CVE-2013-4311: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4311
Published 03-10-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4311 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
MGASA-2013-0294OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1RHSA-2013:1272

Timeline

  1. 03-10-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat2 products
  • enterprise_linuxEOL6.0
  • libvirt0.9.12 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.2.1 | 0.10.2.2 | 0.10.2.3 | 0.10.2.4 | 0.10.2.5 | 0.10.2.6 | 0.10.2.7 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.5.1 | 1.0.5.2 | 1.0.5.3 | 1.0.5.4 | 1.0.5.5
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • libvirt< 1.1.3~rc1-1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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