CVE-2013-4311
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck 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% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4204)
- 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-2013-4204 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
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1272.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
- http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1954-1(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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