CVE-2012-5617 (GCVE-0-2012-5617)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-25 13:42 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:14
VLAI?
Summary
gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- escalation due to improper authentication settings in policykit configuration file
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Affected:
through 2012-12-03
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