MEDIUM
polkit: polkitd/pkexec vulnerability
Published May 31, 2011
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.25%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.25% 0.05246
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05246
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (25 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.25% (0.05246) | 92.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.29% (0.05290) | 91.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 24, 2026 | 5.54% (0.05537) | 90.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 7.52% (0.07522) | 91.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 10.44% (0.10444) | 92.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 7, 2025 | 8.34% (0.08341) | 91.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 6, 2025 | 7.10% (0.07103) | 91.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 3.34% (0.03343) | 86.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.03% (0.02033) | 82.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.93% (0.05931) | 83.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 2.03% (0.02033) | 82.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 5.93% (0.05931) | 89.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 4.46% (0.04457) | 88.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 5.93% (0.05931) | 89.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.46% (0.04457) | 88.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 25.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 30.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 33.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 26.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 19, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00077) | 31.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 38.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 32.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.10% (0.02095) | 79.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.10% (0.02095) | 78.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.10% (0.02095) | 56.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48817 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1485 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1485
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1485
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 31, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 21, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1485
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a