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CVE-2018-8885
HIGH · CVSS 7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-28T20:29:00.397 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:05:35.137

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — screen-resolution-extra

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References

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