RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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.
CVSS 2.0
Severity: MEDIUM
Problem Type: CWE-264,
Products Affected
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 |
| lennart_poettering | rkit | 0.5 |