4.6

CVE-2013-4326: lennart_poettering rkit

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2013:1282DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4326openSUSE-SU-2024:10557-1
Published 03-10-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4326 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in lennart_poettering rkit. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.9% 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
0.37%
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 1
MGASA-2013-0293

Timeline

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

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 PolkitSubject race condition 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

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

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

Redhat3 products
Debian1 product
  • rtkit< 0.10-3
Lennart_poettering1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • rtkit&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 0.11+git.20130926-3.1

4 vendors · 6 products

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