CVE-2013-1066
language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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-2013-1106)
- 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-2013-1106 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu developers / language-selector
- ubuntu developers / language-selector
- ubuntu developers / language-selector
- ubuntu developers / language-selector
- ubuntu developers / language-selector
- ubuntu developers / language-selector
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54911(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1(Patch)
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4(Patch)
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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