CVE-2012-5617
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.38%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 30
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-269
Referencias
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617
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