{"cve":"CVE-2011-1485","nvd":{"published":"2011-05-31T20:55:02.313","modified":"2026-06-16T23:29:28.470","status":"Modified","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/48817","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424"],"products":["redhat:policykit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-1485","score":0.05246,"percentile":0.92536,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}