The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/<pid>/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-03T16:23:01

Updated: 2022-10-03T16:23:01

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-7572

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-04-06T18:59:00.353

Modified: 2017-04-12T20:48:02.560


Link: CVE-2017-7572

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