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CVE-2013-1064
apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.38%
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Description
apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1955-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 54914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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