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CVE-2017-7572

Published: 2017-04-06T18:59Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
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/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt