CVE-2012-5617 Information

Description

gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8