CVE-2018-8885

Description

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.0

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.04

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Extension for the GNOME screen resolution applet (USN-3607-1) screen-resolution-extra_0.17.1.1_all.deb	Linux
Extension for the GNOME screen resolution applet (USN-3607-1) screen-resolution-extra_0.17.1.1~14.04.1_all.deb	Linux
Extension for the GNOME screen resolution applet (USN-3607-1) screen-resolution-extra_0.17.1.1~16.04.1_all.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234