cve/2013/CVE-2013-4288.md

### [CVE-2013-4288](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4288)
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### Description

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4

#### Github
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