Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU41796

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PackageKit - CVE-2013-1764

Published: April 16, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU41796

CSH Severity: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1764

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
PackageKit

Software vendor:
Richard Hughes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.

Install update from vendor's website.