CVE-2018-8885 | BDVDB-2026-98470 Detail

Description#

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3607-1/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-03-28Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.