Vigil@nce - rtkit: privilege escalation via polkit
October 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can use a vulnerability in polkit, used by rtkit,
in order to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: Fedora, MBS, RHEL, Unix (platform)
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 20/09/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The bulletin VIGILANCE-VUL-13454 (https://vigilance.fr/tree/1/13454?w=66901)
describes a vulnerability of polkit which allows a local attacker
to elevate his privileges.
The rtkit product uses the DBUS API of polkit, so it is also
impacted by this vulnerability.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/rtkit-privilege-escalation-via-polkit-13458