{"cve":"CVE-2013-4288","nvd":{"published":"2013-10-03T21:55:04.257","modified":"2026-06-16T23:56:57.730","status":"Modified","description":"Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","opensuse:opensuse","polkit_project:polkit","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-4288","score":0.00342,"percentile":0.27761,"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."]}