Is CVE-2013-1064 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-1064 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1064?

CVE-2013-1064 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-1064

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.6 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.4% (32th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-1104)
Published: October 3, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1104 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / apt-xapian-index
canonical / apt-xapian-index
canonical / apt-xapian-index
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/54914(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1(Vendor Advisory)
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1(Patch)
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1(Patch)
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1(Patch)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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