{"cve":"CVE-2013-1061","nvd":{"published":"2013-10-03T21:55:03.490","modified":"2026-06-16T23:50:47.623","status":"Modified","description":"dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz","http://secunia.com/advisories/54909","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381","https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","marc_deslauriers:software-properties"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-1061","score":0.00361,"percentile":0.29882,"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."]}