PT-2019-6795 · Unknown · Gksu-Polkit

Miroslav Trmac · Published 2019-11-25 · Updated 2021-06-02 · CVE-2012-5617

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gksu-polkit (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file in gksu-polkit, which allows privilege escalation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5617

Affected Products

Gksu-Polkit

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5617 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/8934 · Telegram Post
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56918 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/15386 · Telegram Post
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/15387 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8 · Note