CVE-2011-1485

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 31, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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