Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-05-31T20:00:00

Updated: 2011-09-07T09:00:00

Reserved: 2011-03-21T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2011-1485

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-05-31T20:55:02.313

Modified: 2012-12-19T04:39:06.510


Link: CVE-2011-1485

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