CVE-2011-1485

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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

5.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92nd percentile

Published

2011-05-31

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• Pashkela/CVE-2011-14850★ · 2013-06-16
• bluedragonsecurity/CVE-2011-1485-pkexec-exploit1★ · 2026-07-07
• bluedragonsecurity/exploits2★ · 2026-10-07

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/pkexec.rb

ExploitDB entries (3)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35021
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17942
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17932

Security advisories

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-2094
• CVE-2000-0359
• CVE-2002-0552
• CVE-2002-1120
• CVE-2002-1904
• CVE-2004-0397