cvelist/2017/7xxx/CVE-2017-7572.json

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            "value" : "The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/<pid>/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester."
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            "url" : "https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/7f208dc547f569b689c888103e3b593a48cd1869"
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