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CVE-2018-8885
Date: March 28, 2018
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.
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Weakness Type (CWE)
Race Conditions
CWE-362CVSS v3.1
| Base Score: |
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|---|---|
| Attack Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | HIGH |
| Privileges Required (PR): | LOW |
| User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | HIGH |
| Integrity (I): | HIGH |
| Availability (A): | HIGH |
CVSS v2
| Base Score: |
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|---|---|
| Access Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Access Complexity (AC): | MEDIUM |
| Authentication (AU): | NONE |
| Confidentiality (C): | PARTIAL |
| Integrity (I): | PARTIAL |
| Availability (A): | PARTIAL |
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