CVE-2012-5617

high

Description

gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-25

Updated: 2021-06-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High