CVE-2018-8885

Published Mar 28, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-20493 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3607-1 Screen Resolution Extra vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:10 AM
Reserved
Mar 21, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 28, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:05 AM