spice-gtk: Insecure calling of polkit via polkit_unix_process_new()
Published Oct 3, 2013
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.14
Configuration 2
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
spice-gtk-0:0.14-7.el6_4.3
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1273
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
spice-gtk
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | spice-gtk-0:0.14-7.el6_4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1273 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | spice-gtk | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 30.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 29.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 17.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 53.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00031.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1273.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54947 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62538 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4324 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006669 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4324
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4324
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00031.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1273.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/54947 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62538 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4324 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006669 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4324 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4324 |
Change history (0)
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