{"cve":"CVE-2013-1063","nvd":{"published":"2013-10-03T21:55:03.663","modified":"2026-06-16T23:50:47.843","status":"Modified","description":"usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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://secunia.com/advisories/54901","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1","https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2","https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2","https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","evan_dandrea:usb-creator"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-1063","score":0.00373,"percentile":0.3131,"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."]}