Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-1066

Title: Ubuntu Developers Language-Selector

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-1066.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Oct 03, 2013
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-1066: language-selector 0.110.x before 0.110.1, 0.90.x before 0.90.1, and 0.79.x before 0.79.4 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.

Impacted Vendors

U
ubuntu_developers 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/54911 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1 http://secunia.com/advisories/54911 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1958-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87379 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.110.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.79.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.90.1
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-1066 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.