Description
In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 6.7/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 11, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified