Is CVE-2013-4324 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4324 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4324?

CVE-2013-4324 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-4324

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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% (33th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-4211)
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-2013-4211 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

redhat / enterprise linux
spice-gtk project / spice-gtk

References

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

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