rtkit: insecure calling of polkit
Published Oct 3, 2013
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.5
Configuration 2
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rtkit-0:0.5-2.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1282
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rtkit
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | rtkit-0:0.5-2.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1282 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | rtkit | 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 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 29.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 28.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 16.62th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | 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 (8)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4326 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677 x_refsource_MISCPatchIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4326
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4326
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4326 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677 | x_refsource_MISCPatchIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4326 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4326 |
Change history (0)
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