What is CVE-2012-5617?

CVE-2012-5617 is a high vulnerability published on November 25, 2019. gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

When was CVE-2012-5617 disclosed?

CVE-2012-5617 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 25, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-5617 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5617 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 26.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-5617?

CVE-2012-5617 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2012-5617?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-5617, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-5617

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—

7.8

gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation

CVSS v3: 7.8
EG Score: 7.8(medium)
EPSS: 26.4%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617
secalert@redhathttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113182.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113218.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099739.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56918
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5617
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617

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